Lead Data Engineer

Method Resourcing Ltd; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 101,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Method Resourcing Ltd is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to drive an enterprise data transformation initiative. You will lead design and hands‑on delivery, influencing architecture decisions and building scalable data solutions in Azure and Databricks, with Power BI reporting end‑to‑end.

The role requires senior leadership, strong stakeholder engagement, and mentoring across a data engineering team. London‑based, 2 days on site, initial 6‑month contract with extensions likely.

Qualifications

• Senior Engineer with leadership experience and hands‑on delivery.
• Ability to influence architecture decisions and champion scalable designs.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and mentoring capability.

Responsibilities

• Lead the data engineering effort across the programme from design to delivery.
• Shape architecture and data platform decisions and ensure end‑to‑end data solutions.
• Collaborate with analytics and reporting teams to enable insights.

Skills

Azure

Databricks

Dimensional modelling

Power BI

Job description

Lead Data Engineer l Azure l Databricks l Dimensional Modelling l PowerBI l £550-£570 per day Outside IR35 London (2 days per week) 6 months + extensions likely

We're looking for a Lead Data Engineer to join a large-scale data transformation programme, helping shape the future of an enterprise data platform.

This role suits someone who combines technical leadership with hands‑on delivery. You'll be comfortable challenging solution designs, influencing architecture decisions and then building the solution yourself.

Key experience required:

• Deep expertise in dimensional modelling, semantic models and Power BI
• Strong experience designing and building Gold-layer data solutions
• Ability to work across engineering, analytics and reporting
• Experience influencing technical direction and challenging design decisions
• Enterprise‑scale mindset with a focus on scalability, reuse and maintainability
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• Comfortable mentoring engineers and raising technical standards across a team

We're looking for a senior engineer who can think strategically whilst staying close to the technology, owning solutions from the data platform through to the end‑user reporting experience.

Contract Details

• £550-£570 per day
• Outside IR35
• 6‑month initial contract
• High likelihood of extension
• London based
• 2 days per week onsite

If you're a Lead or Principal Data Engineer who enjoys operating at the intersection of architecture, engineering and analytics, we'd love to hear from you.

Lead Data Engineer l Azure l Databricks l Dimensional Modelling l PowerBI l £550-£570 per day Outside IR35 London (2 days per week) 6 months + extensions likely