Lead Data Engineer - AWS, AI, Lakehouse Platform

Adria Solutions; Lancashire; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Adria Solutions is recruiting a hands-on Lead Data Engineer in Manchester to own and evolve the data platform, enabling BI, Data Science and Applied AI across the organisation.

You will modernise SQL Server/SSIS/SSDT, build batch and real-time processing, and guide a small team of data engineers, collaborating with stakeholders.

This hybrid role offers circ. £85K, with scope to introduce new tech and drive data governance, security and cost management.

Qualifications

• Experience building and operating complete data platforms.
• Strong SQL and Python skills.
• Experience with AWS data services and data governance.
• Experience leading a small data engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Own the reliability, security and ongoing development of the data platform.
• Modernise the existing SQL Server, SSIS/SSDT and Power BI environment.
• Develop scalable batch and real-time data-processing solutions.
• Lead the design of a Customer Data Platform.
• Build and evolve a lakehouse architecture using AWS technologies.
• Create governed semantic models, consistent metrics and clear data definitions.
• Enable secure, self-service data analysis using modern AI tooling.
• Automate manual, repetitive or fragile data processes.
• Support BI, Data Science, Machine Learning and Applied AI teams.
• Take ownership of data governance, security, monitoring and platform costs.
• Line-manage, develop and help grow the Data Engineering team.
• Work closely with technical, operational and senior business stakeholders.

Skills

Batch data processing

ETL/ELT

Streaming tech (Flink)

AWS data services

Terraform

CI/CD

Lakehouse architecture

Iceberg

Dimensional modelling

SQL

Python

SQL Server / SSIS / SSDT

Power BI

Data governance

Team leadership

Semantic layers

Tools

dbt

Great Expectations

PySpark

AWS S3

Terraform

Job description

Adria Solutions is recruiting a hands-on Lead Data Engineer in Manchester to own and evolve the data platform, enabling BI, Data Science and Applied AI across the organisation.

You will modernise SQL Server/SSIS/SSDT, build batch and real-time processing, and guide a small team of data engineers, collaborating with stakeholders.

This hybrid role offers circ. £85K, with scope to introduce new tech and drive data governance, security and cost management.