Head of Data Engineering - Hybrid (Manchester)

MRJ Recruitment; Manchester; Híbrido; GBP 110.000 - 150.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

MRJ Recruitment seeks an experienced Head of Data Engineering in Manchester to lead and scale a centralised data engineering function during a data-driven transformation.

You will partner with senior leaders across Data Science, Analytics, Product and Engineering, mentor a global team, and define the data architecture and strategy. This hybrid role offers the chance to shape technology strategy, delivered through scalable platforms and robust pipelines with a focus on data quality.

Formación

• Proven experience leading a Data Engineering function or large engineering teams.
• Strong knowledge of modern data architecture, medallion architecture and Databricks.
• Experience designing scalable data platforms and pipelines.
• Strong programming experience in Python, Scala or Java.
• Exposure to ETL tooling such as Rivery and MLOps frameworks.
• Experience with cloud platforms AWS, Azure or GCP.
• Strategic thinker who can influence solution design while managing managers.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsabilidades

• Leading, developing and mentoring a global team of Data Engineers, including managers.
• Defining and delivering the wider data engineering strategy, aligned with business objectives.
• Owning the data architecture, ensuring platforms and pipelines are scalable, robust and fit for the future.
• Driving best practice across data ingestion, transformation, storage and integration.
• Providing technical direction around modern data platforms, particularly Databricks and medallion architecture.
• Championing data quality, governance, observability and security.
• Working closely with senior stakeholders to identify opportunities, resolve challenges and remove blockers.
• Evaluating new technologies and approaches to continually improve the data engineering capability.

Conocimientos

Team leadership

Data architecture

Databricks

Medallion architecture

Programming (Python/Scala/Java)

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Mentoring

Herramientas

Rivery

MLOps frameworks

AWS

Azure

GCP

Descripción del empleo

MRJ Recruitment seeks an experienced Head of Data Engineering in Manchester to lead and scale a centralised data engineering function during a data-driven transformation.

You will partner with senior leaders across Data Science, Analytics, Product and Engineering, mentor a global team, and define the data architecture and strategy. This hybrid role offers the chance to shape technology strategy, delivered through scalable platforms and robust pipelines with a focus on data quality.