Lead Data Engineer — AI-Driven Data Platforms & Teams

NewDay Technology Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

NewDay Technology Limited is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to lead a pod of Data Engineers in building reliable, scalable data products and platforms that empower smarter decision‑making. This hands‑on management role combines technical excellence with people leadership, shaping the engineering approach and setting standards for quality while guiding data teams to solve complex data challenges at scale.

You'll stay hands-on, designing and developing data pipelines using dbt, Python, SQL and

Qualifications

• Hands-on dbt data transformations in a complex data environment.
• Python and SQL programming to solve large-scale data problems.
• Lead and develop Data Engineers with hands-on delivery ownership.
• Experience in data modelling, ETL/ELT, data warehousing and scalable pipelines.
• Interest in AI and automation to improve engineering quality and productivity.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a pod of Data Engineers.
• Shape technical direction for data within your area.
• Design and develop complex data pipelines using dbt, Python, SQL and cloud technologies.
• Improve testing, data quality, observability and automation.

Skills

dbt

Python

SQL

Data modelling

ETL/ELT

Leadership

AI & automation

Tools

AWS

EMR

Athena

Lambda

S3

Glue

Step Functions

Snowflake

Spark

Scala

Airflow

Git

GitHub

CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Job description

NewDay Technology Limited is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to lead a pod of Data Engineers in building reliable, scalable data products and platforms that empower smarter decision‑making. This hands‑on management role combines technical excellence with people leadership, shaping the engineering approach and setting standards for quality while guiding data teams to solve complex data challenges at scale.

You'll stay hands-on, designing and developing data pipelines using dbt, Python, SQL and