Lead Data Engineer – Hybrid, West Yorkshire

UST; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

UST is seeking a Lead Data Engineer in West Yorkshire with hybrid work, to drive data engineering across multiple squads and provide technical leadership and mentorship. You will collaborate with Product Managers, Data Analysts and Architects to deliver reliable, high-quality data products that support client objectives.

As the senior engineer, you will champion best practices, participate in agile communities, and balance hands‑on development with leadership responsibilities to ensure

Qualifications

• Proven experience building and maintaining high‑quality, secure data solutions.
• Strong ability to operate scalable, high‑performance applications in production.
• Excellent communication and mentorship of data engineers.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical mentorship and direction to data engineers, elevating team capability and standards.
• Foster a DevOps culture of ownership across the engineering organisation.
• Lead best practices in data engineering, code reviews, and development activities.

Skills

Data engineering

Mentoring

Communication

Leadership

Agile

Tools

Azure Databricks

Azure Data Factory

Python

GitHub

Job description

UST is seeking a Lead Data Engineer in West Yorkshire with hybrid work, to drive data engineering across multiple squads and provide technical leadership and mentorship. You will collaborate with Product Managers, Data Analysts and Architects to deliver reliable, high-quality data products that support client objectives.

As the senior engineer, you will champion best practices, participate in agile communities, and balance hands‑on development with leadership responsibilities to ensure