Hybrid Lead Data Engineer — Cloud Data Platform & Big Data

Easyjet; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus up to 20%

Private Medical Insurance

Pension contributions 7%

Staff travel benefits

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Holiday credit towards easyJet holiday

Flexible benefits

Job summary

easyJet is seeking a senior Data Engineer and Data Platform lead to design and deliver cloud-based data solutions at scale. You will guide a team of Data Engineers and Analytics Engineers, collaborating with Data Science and Analytics teams to ensure scalable, enterprise-grade data products.

The role emphasizes distributed data platforms across AWS/Azure/GCP, applying Python, SQL, CI/CD, TDD, data governance and security practices. Hybrid role with flexible benefits and staff travel support.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and delivering cloud-based data solutions at scale.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, delivery and implementation of robust, scalable data solutions across diverse business use cases.
• Champion evolution and adoption of our distributed data platform and data products.
• Manage and develop a team of Data Engineers and Analytics Engineers, ensuring high-quality delivery.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver enterprise-level data initiatives.
• Partner with Data Science and Analytics teams to unlock opportunities and deliver end-to-end data products.
• Ensure solutions meet functional and non-functional requirements and align with IT standards.
• Drive continuous improvement through automation, optimization and better ways of working.
• Stay at the forefront of emerging technologies and bring innovation into the organisation.
• Provide technical leadership, manage technical debt and shape QA approaches.
• Act as deputy for the Data Engineering Technology Manager when required.

Skills

Leadership

Python

SQL

CI/CD

TDD

Big Data

Apache Spark

Data Modelling

Data Warehousing

Data Lake

Data Governance

GDPR

Communication

Problem Solving

Proactive mindset

Team Development

Airline Experience

Databricks

Snowflake

Lakehouse

Infrastructure-as-Code

Serverless

Data Lake Migration

Architecture

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Linux

Spark

Databricks

Kafka

Airflow

Hive

Delta

Snowflake

Job description

easyJet is seeking a senior Data Engineer and Data Platform lead to design and deliver cloud-based data solutions at scale. You will guide a team of Data Engineers and Analytics Engineers, collaborating with Data Science and Analytics teams to ensure scalable, enterprise-grade data products.

The role emphasizes distributed data platforms across AWS/Azure/GCP, applying Python, SQL, CI/CD, TDD, data governance and security practices. Hybrid role with flexible benefits and staff travel support.