Senior Data Engineer Lead: Cloud Data Platforms

Insight International (UK) Ltd; Leeds; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight International (UK) Ltd in Leeds is seeking a senior data engineering leader to drive data modernization, transformation, governance and analytics consumption initiatives. You will build scalable ETL/ELT pipelines and deliver cloud-native data platforms.

The role requires leadership of teams, governance of data quality and security, and collaboration with data scientists, BI teams, and business stakeholders to generate business value through data products.

Qualifications

• Senior data engineering leadership experience.
• Experience delivering scalable cloud-native data platforms.
• Strong collaboration with business, data architects and BI teams.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage scalable ETL/ELT pipelines for diverse data.
• Develop batch and real-time data processing solutions in cloud environments.
• Design data models, data marts, and analytics-ready datasets for reporting and ML use cases.
• Lead modernization of legacy data warehouses and support lakehouse architectures.
• Establish CI/CD, IaC and automation standards across data platforms.
• Mentor Data Engineers and conduct architecture reviews.

Skills

SQL

Python

PySpark

Spark

Tools

Airflow

DataStage

Informatica

Talend

DBT

Job description

Insight International (UK) Ltd in Leeds is seeking a senior data engineering leader to drive data modernization, transformation, governance and analytics consumption initiatives. You will build scalable ETL/ELT pipelines and deliver cloud-native data platforms.

The role requires leadership of teams, governance of data quality and security, and collaboration with data scientists, BI teams, and business stakeholders to generate business value through data products.