Lead Data Engineer: Architect of Scalable Data Platforms

Jack & Jill/External ATS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech company in Greater London is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to set the technical direction for a mission-critical data function. This role involves leading a squad of engineers to develop scalable data products that aid lending and analytics teams. Ideal candidates should possess over 7 years of data engineering experience and strong leadership skills, along with expertise in modern data infrastructure like GCP and DBT. The company offers a high-ownership environment to innovate from the ground up.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of data or backend engineering experience.
• At least 2 years in a leadership or decision-making role.
• Strong foundations in software engineering principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead a squad of engineers to build and run data products.
• Design and implement robust data pipelines and models.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver self-serve data products.

Skills

Data engineering

Backend engineering

Leadership

Software Engineering

DevOps practices

Automation

Tools

GCP/AWS

DBT

BigQuery

Terraform

Airflow

Python

SQL

Job description

A leading fintech company in Greater London is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to set the technical direction for a mission-critical data function. This role involves leading a squad of engineers to develop scalable data products that aid lending and analytics teams. Ideal candidates should possess over 7 years of data engineering experience and strong leadership skills, along with expertise in modern data infrastructure like GCP and DBT. The company offers a high-ownership environment to innovate from the ground up.