Hybrid Data Engineering Lead - Build Scalable Platform

Rsk Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory pension scheme

Life assurance

Job summary

RSK Group seeks a Data Engineering Manager in London (hybrid, 3 days in office). You will lead the data engineering and analytics teams, shaping the data platform and overseeing Snowflake and DBT usage to support company reporting and decision-making.

You will recruit, develop and line-manage engineers, own the platform roadmap, and drive knowledge transfer from contractors to the permanent team. This role balances new development with keeping operations reliable.

Qualifications

• A relevant degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Proven experience leading and line-managing data/analytics engineering teams.
• Technical credibility across the modern data stack and ability to review work.

Responsibilities

• Lead the group's data engineering and analytics engineering capability including pipelines, Snowflake, DBT, models and datasets for group reporting.
• Build and grow an in-house team: recruit, develop, line-manage and retain engineers.
• Plan knowledge transfer from delivery partners into the permanent team; own the core platform knowledge.
• Own delivery: prioritise, plan, commit and report progress for funded priorities.
• Balance new build with maintenance; standardise pipelines and declare running costs for new assets.
• Make data onboarding for acquisitions a repeatable product with a quick time-to-live target.
• Own the technical roadmap for the platform with the Group Head of Data and Analytics.

Skills

Data engineering leadership

Team management

Data platform delivery

Technical credibility

Education

Relevant degree in CS/Engineering/Mathematics

Tools

Snowflake

DBT

Fivetran

Azure Data Factory

Python

SQL

Job description

RSK Group seeks a Data Engineering Manager in London (hybrid, 3 days in office). You will lead the data engineering and analytics teams, shaping the data platform and overseeing Snowflake and DBT usage to support company reporting and decision-making.

You will recruit, develop and line-manage engineers, own the platform roadmap, and drive knowledge transfer from contractors to the permanent team. This role balances new development with keeping operations reliable.