Lead Data Engineer, MLOps & Cloud Data Pipelines

Allianz UK; Bournemouth; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Annual performance related bonus

Contributory pension scheme

Volunteering days

Job summary

Allianz UK Personal is seeking a Lead Data Engineer (MLOps) to define technical direction, shape architecture and drive the delivery of cloud-based Data Science & MLOps products. You will code hands-on, mentor engineers and collaborate with business and tech stakeholders to deliver scalable, high-quality solutions.

The role requires strong MLOps expertise, Python/SQL proficiency, and experience with cloud services and containerisation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in Data/ML/Platform Engineering with strong MLOps
• Hands-on Python and SQL development for production data pipelines
• Experience with cloud services (Azure, AWS or GCP) and modern data platforms

Responsibilities

• Define and drive adoption of MLOps standards across CI/CD, containerisation, monitoring and deployment
• Develop high-quality Python code for production pipelines and services
• Lead delivery and continuous improvement of Data Science products
• Mentor Data Engineers from graduate to senior levels
• Collaborate with architects and external experts (Microsoft Azure)
• Design, build and enhance scalable data workflows
• Maintain data governance and compliance with policies and regulations

Skills

MLOps

Python

SQL

Data pipelines

CI/CD

Mentoring

Tools

Azure

Kubernetes

Docker

Databricks

Terraform

GitHub / Azure DevOps

Job description

Allianz UK Personal is seeking a Lead Data Engineer (MLOps) to define technical direction, shape architecture and drive the delivery of cloud-based Data Science & MLOps products. You will code hands-on, mentor engineers and collaborate with business and tech stakeholders to deliver scalable, high-quality solutions.

The role requires strong MLOps expertise, Python/SQL proficiency, and experience with cloud services and containerisation.