Hybrid Lead Data Engineer - Architect Global Data Platform

Cavu; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Company pension

On-site gym

Discounts on products

Volunteering days

Learning opportunities

Mentoring programmes

Parental leave

Job summary

Cavu is seeking a Lead Data Engineer in the UK to oversee architecture and development of our data platform. You will guide a team of data engineers, work on pipelines, ETL, and data lakehouse improvements, enabling batch and streaming data capabilities.

You’ll collaborate with data scientists and analysts, drive data governance and security, and shape strategic data initiatives to unlock business value across our platforms.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Data Engineering, building data pipelines, ETL, data warehouses, and stakeholder management.
• Strong Python and Apache Spark skills with solid SQL knowledge.
• Experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB or Cassandra.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of data engineers, providing technical guidance and mentorship.
• Design, develop and maintain robust, scalable data pipelines and ETL processes.
• Collaborate with data scientists, analysts and stakeholders to translate requirements into solutions.
• Work with Head of Data Engineering to drive initiatives in the data domain.
• Ensure data quality, integrity and monitoring across systems.
• Optimize performance of databases, warehouses, data lakes and streams.

Skills

Python

Apache Spark

SQL

PostgreSQL

MySQL

MongoDB

Cassandra

AWS

Azure

GCP

DataBricks

CI/CD

Infrastructure as code

Data governance

Data quality

Data security

Leadership

Mentoring

Communication

Tools

DataBricks

Job description

Cavu is seeking a Lead Data Engineer in the UK to oversee architecture and development of our data platform. You will guide a team of data engineers, work on pipelines, ETL, and data lakehouse improvements, enabling batch and streaming data capabilities.

You’ll collaborate with data scientists and analysts, drive data governance and security, and shape strategic data initiatives to unlock business value across our platforms.