Lead Data Engineer: Scale Data Platforms & Mentor Engineers

Zego; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance technology company in London seeks a Lead Data Engineer to enhance its data platform. The role involves technical leadership, creating scalable data systems, and mentoring other engineers. Ideal candidates have over 5 years of experience in data engineering and proficiency in Python, SQL, and AWS. This hybrid position promotes collaboration while allowing flexibility of home-working. Competitive salary and benefits are included, along with opportunities for personal development.

Benefits

Market-competitive salary

Private medical insurance

Company share options

Generous holiday allowance

Wellbeing benefits

Annual flexible hybrid working contribution

Qualifications

• Experience in designing, building, and operating ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Expert in large-scale data architectures.
• Hands-on experience with modern data stacks.

Responsibilities

• Act as a senior technical reference point for the Data Engineering team.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines.
• Collaborate with teams to translate requirements into solutions.

Skills

Data engineering expertise

Collaboration

Mentorship

Problem-solving

Apache Spark

Collaboration

Education

5+ years of experience in data engineering

Tools

Python

SQL

Snowflake

Apache Spark

AWS

Docker

Terraform

Job description

A leading insurance technology company in London seeks a Lead Data Engineer to enhance its data platform. The role involves technical leadership, creating scalable data systems, and mentoring other engineers. Ideal candidates have over 5 years of experience in data engineering and proficiency in Python, SQL, and AWS. This hybrid position promotes collaboration while allowing flexibility of home-working. Competitive salary and benefits are included, along with opportunities for personal development.