Lead Data Engineer — Enterprise-Scale Platform, Onsite 4x/wk

Gravitas Recruitment Group (Global) Ltd; Crewe; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Life assurance

Employee assistance

Healthcare support

EV scheme

Cycle to Work

Office breakfast

Training & progression

Job summary

Gravitas Recruitment Group (Global) Ltd in Crewe is partnering with a global organisation to recruit an experienced Lead Data Engineer. This hands-on leadership role owns enterprise-scale data platforms, shapes data strategy and delivers modern data solutions across a complex international business.

You will lead a Data Services function, influence data architecture, mentor engineers and enable data-driven decision making, including AI/ML readiness, with a strong emphasis on cloud platforms and

Qualifications

• Experience as Senior/Lead Data Engineer in a complex enterprise.
• Strong cloud-based data engineering skills and architectures.
• Proven ETL/ELT, data quality, governance knowledge.
• Ability to mentor engineers and collaborate with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and optimise enterprise data pipelines and models.
• Provide technical leadership across data engineering projects.
• Drive evolution of cloud-based data platforms and architectures.
• Mentor and develop data engineers within the team.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into data solutions.
• Promote data governance, security, quality and platform performance.
• Support AI/ML readiness and data preparation.

Skills

Cloud data engineering

Data architecture

ETL/ELT design

Mentoring engineers

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Tools

AWS Redshift

dbt

Databricks

Data orchestration tooling

Data catalogue tooling

Job description

Gravitas Recruitment Group (Global) Ltd in Crewe is partnering with a global organisation to recruit an experienced Lead Data Engineer. This hands-on leadership role owns enterprise-scale data platforms, shapes data strategy and delivers modern data solutions across a complex international business.

You will lead a Data Services function, influence data architecture, mentor engineers and enable data-driven decision making, including AI/ML readiness, with a strong emphasis on cloud platforms and