Senior Data Engineer & Tech Lead - Cloud, Data & AI

Oakland Everything Data; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellbeing

Discretionary Bonus

Generous Pension

EV Scheme

Giving Back

Bike to Work

Family-Friendly Policies

Annual Leave

Job summary

Oakland is a tech-agnostic data consultancy, and we are seeking a Senior Data Engineer who stays hands-on while providing technical leadership across projects, teams, and clients. You will quickly understand new technologies, evaluate their fit, and guide teams toward pragmatic, scalable solutions, becoming a polyglot on the right tools for each client’s needs.

Join a community of 25+ engineers working across data platforms, BI, AI, and cloud transformations in a blended, hybrid model with

Qualifications

• Significant experience designing, building, and supporting scalable engineering solutions.
• Experience working within cloud environments (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
• Strong understanding of engineering best practices, including testing, code quality, version control, and design patterns.
• Experience leading technical workstreams, owning technical decisions, and providing guidance to other engineers.
• Ability to work directly with clients to translate business needs into technical solutions, and communicate complex concepts.
• Experience mentoring, coaching, and supporting the development of junior and mid-level engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical workstreams and guide teams across projects and clients.
• Shape technical direction and contribute to solution architecture.
• Mentor colleagues to enhance engineering capabilities.

Skills

Data engineering

Cloud environments

Engineering best practices

Technical leadership

Client interaction

Mentoring engineers

Tools

Docker

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

Oakland is a tech-agnostic data consultancy, and we are seeking a Senior Data Engineer who stays hands-on while providing technical leadership across projects, teams, and clients. You will quickly understand new technologies, evaluate their fit, and guide teams toward pragmatic, scalable solutions, becoming a polyglot on the right tools for each client’s needs.

Join a community of 25+ engineers working across data platforms, BI, AI, and cloud transformations in a blended, hybrid model with