Lead Engineer

SF Recruitment; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic recruitment agency seeks a Lead Engineer with strong data engineering skills to join a high-growth company in Birmingham. The role involves driving innovation in data and cloud engineering, with opportunities for progression into senior leadership. Candidates should have solid experience with ETL pipelines, database architectures, and cloud platforms, along with a collaborative mindset and passion for AI innovation.

Benefits

Starting salary of up to £90,000

Bonus scheme

Long-term remote working

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Private healthcare

Structured training scheme with external certifications

Qualifications

• Experience in ETL pipeline creation and data visualization.
• Strong understanding of database architecture.
• Experience in high-growth, product-focused engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Drive innovation across data, product, and cloud engineering.
• Develop a technical roadmap with department heads.
• Own business success from technical work.

Skills

Data engineering skills

Database architecture understanding

Cloud provisioning

Event sourcing/messaging

Team mentorship

Tools

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

MS SQL

GCP

Azure

AWS

Kafka

Job description

Role Overview

Lead Engineer with a strong data engineering skillset (ETL pipeline creation, data warehousing, data visualization, etc.) and a solid understanding of database architecture & modelling is sought by a high‑growth PE‑backed scale‑up based in Birmingham.

With recent investment driving global expansion this Lead Engineer will play a crucial role in driving innovation across data, product & cloud engineering, affording unparalleled autonomy to shape the technical output of this market‑leading organisation.

As the business scales and adds additional functionality this Lead Engineer will work closely with department heads to develop a technical roadmap stepping up into a senior technical leadership role in the near future, offering excellent progression.

This role would suit a Lead Engineer who has been responsible for owning business success from their technical work, looking for more autonomy, a dynamic fast‑paced working environment and a clear progression pathway.

Hybrid, flexible working alongside a collaborative, autonomous team culture.

Key Skills & Qualifications

• Strong data engineering skills including ETL pipeline creation, data warehousing and visualization
• Strong database architecture understanding – PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MS SQL
• Event sourcing/messaging – Kafka, CQRS, etc.
• Experience working in a high‑growth, product‑focussed business within small cross‑functional engineering teams
• Solid cloud provisioning – GCP, Azure, AWS, etc.
• Understanding of serverless, microservices or event‑sourced architectures – plus.
• A passion for AI innovation – useful.
• Any team mentorship – plus.

Benefits

• Starting salary of up to £90,000
• Bonus scheme
• Long‑term remote working
• Great progression opportunities
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private healthcare
• Regular salary reviews
• A well‑structured training scheme with external certifications