Lead Data Quality & Platform Engineer

Randstad Technologies Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 74,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad Technologies Recruitment is seeking an experienced Lead Data Quality & Platform Engineer in London to shape, govern, and optimise core data environments for a high-profile enterprise client. You will define how data flows across heterogeneous sources, establish durable data quality controls, map end-to-end lineage and ensure datasets are reliable, auditable, and performance-tuned.

You will design, build, and maintain DQ controls, craft complex SQL transformations, and map data flows

Qualifications

• Prior consultancy or banking industry experience.
• Strong Data Engineering background.
• SQL / Programming, Data Warehousing.
• Data Governance & Root-Cause Analysis.
• Leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain preventive, detective, and corrective DQ controls (profiling, rule definition, thresholding, automated alerting, and root-cause remediation).
• Craft complex SQL transformations, optimize query performance, handle advanced window functions, and design conformed dimensional models for curated platform layers.
• Map end-to-end data flows from ingestion to serving, defining upstream/downstream contracts and data ownership boundaries.
• Architect robust batch and streaming pipelines capable of handling CDC concepts, late-arriving data, incremental loads, and rerun safety.
• Drive pipeline health monitoring, logging-driven diagnoses, and automated reconciliation checks to triage and remediate issues when data products break.
• Establish pragmatic operating frameworks for DQ issue intake, prioritization, validation, and sustainment.

Skills

Data Engineering

SQL

Data Warehousing

Data Governance

Root Cause Analysis

Leadership

Consultancy experience

Job description

Lead Data Quality & Platform Engineer

London 5 days in the office

Duration: 12-Month Contract

Rate: £400/day to £450/day (Inside IR35)

A top-tier firm is seeking an experienced Data Quality & Platform Engineer to shape, govern, and optimise core data environments for a high-profile enterprise client.

In this pivotal role, you will go beyond simple pipeline building. You will be responsible for defining how data flows across heterogeneous sources, establishing durable data quality controls, mapping end-to-end lineage, and ensuring datasets are highly reliable, auditable, and performance-tuned.

What You Will Do

• Design, build, and maintain preventive, detective, and corrective DQ controls (profiling, rule definition, thresholding, automated alerting, and root-cause remediation).
• Craft complex SQL transformations, optimize query performance, handle advanced window functions, and design conformed dimensional models for curated platform layers.
• Map end-to-end data flows from ingestion to serving, defining upstream/downstream contracts and data ownership boundaries.
• Architect robust batch and streaming pipelines capable of handling CDC concepts, late-arriving data, incremental loads, and rerun safety.
• Drive pipeline health monitoring, logging-driven diagnoses, and automated reconciliation checks to triage and remediate issues when data products break.
• Establish pragmatic operating frameworks for DQ issue intake, prioritization, validation, and sustainment.

Essential Skills

• Prior consultancy or banking industry experience
• Strong Data Engineering background
• SQL / Programming
• Data Warehousing
• Root-Cause Analysis
• Data Governance
• Leadership Skills

London 5 days in the office | 12 Month Contract | £400 to £450 a day Inside IR35