Lead Data Engineer

Qih Group; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative and fast-growing digital marketing group is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to spearhead their data transformation journey. In this pivotal role, you will design and build a robust data infrastructure that supports real-time analytics and data processing. Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, you'll ensure seamless data flow and integrity across the organization. This position offers a unique opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies in a dynamic environment, where your contributions will have a significant impact on the company's success. If you're ready to take on exciting challenges and lead data initiatives, this role is for you!

Benefits

Competitive Basic Salary

Quarterly Bonuses

Hybrid working

Private Health Care

Market Leading Training Programme

Recognition & Reward Scheme

Annual Company Conference

Regular Happy Hour / Team Lunches

Free Coffee, Drinks & Snacks

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in data engineering with real-time data pipelines.
• Expertise in distributed streaming platforms and cloud services.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain scalable real-time data pipelines and infrastructure.
• Integrate data sources and ensure seamless data flow across the organization.
• Monitor and improve data pipeline performance and scalability.

Skills

Data Engineering

Real-time Data Pipelines

Distributed Streaming Platforms

Cloud Platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)

Python

Java

SQL

NoSQL

Data Modelling

Data Pipeline Orchestration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Apache Airflow

Kafka

Spark Streaming

Flink

Kubernetes

Job description

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Our Company:
QiH is a global digital marketing group specialising in the iGaming sector, operating across various international markets. Our companies include Digital Adventures, which provides traffic to leading iGaming operators; Wizard Interactive, an affiliate partner for top US online casinos; and Tau Marketing Services, which offers three consumer-focused casino brands through the Aspire network.

QiH is a fast-growing, innovative, and progressive scale-up business headquartered in London with a collective of brilliant brains in Skopje. We are at the start of an exciting journey as we build out our internal engineering capability, spearheading our tech transformation, building best in class products and tackling exciting and complex challenges along the way!

Data is at the core of what we do at QiH, but our people are at the heart of our success! At QiH, we have created an energetic and target-driven culture and continuously invest in each individual.

The Role:
Our Technology team is growing! We’re looking for a highly skilled and experienced Lead Data Engineer to design and build a robust, scalable, and high-performance real-time data backbone.

In this role you will take an individual contributor position with leadership responsibilities focused on architecting, developing, and delivering real-time data pipelines and infrastructure. The ideal candidate will collaborate closely with engineering, product, and analytics teams to ensure seamless data flow across the organisation while leveraging cutting-edge technologies for real-time data processing. You will take ownership of the full data lifecycle from ingestion to storage and real-time analytics.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable real-time data pipelines and infrastructure.
• Integrate various data sources and ensure seamless real-time data flow across the organisation.
• Develop efficient data models for real-time querying and analytics use cases.
• Build efficient, fault-tolerant, and highly available data ingestion processes.
• Monitor and improve data pipeline performance and scalability for low-latency and high-throughput.
• Ensure data integrity, quality, and security across the entire pipeline.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to proactively detect and mitigate data issues.
• Partner with product, engineering, and analytics teams to gather requirements and deliver solutions that meet business needs.

About You:

• Hands-on experience in data engineering with a proven track record of building and managing real-time data pipelines across a track record of multiple initiatives.
• Expertise in developing data backbones using distributed streaming platforms (Kafka, Spark Streaming, Flink, etc.).
• Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure for real-time data ingestion and storage.
• Ability to optimise and refactor existing data pipelines for greater performance and reliability.
• Programming skills in Python, Java, Scala, or a similar language.
• Proficiency in database technologies (SQL, NoSQL, time-series databases) and data modelling.
• Strong understanding of data pipeline orchestration tools (e.g., Apache Airflow, Kubernetes).
• You thrive when working as part of a team.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment.
• Have excellent written and verbal English skills.
• Last but not least, you’ll have no ego!

What You’ll Get:

• Competitive Basic Salary
• Quarterly Bonuses
• Hybrid working
• Private Health Care
• Market Leading Training Programme
• Recognition & Reward Scheme
• Annual Company Conference (previous destinations Bologna, Dubrovnik, Belgrade and Thessaloniki)
• Regular Happy Hour / Team Lunches
• Free Coffee, Drinks & Snacks

What’s the next step?
Our hiring process ensures we're recruiting the right people for the role. We ensure that people are as suitable for us as we are for them.

If you like the sound of what we're all about at QiH and want to join a team where you can make an impact, please apply or contact us at [e-mail].

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology
• Industries: Advertising Services