Senior Data Platform Engineer & MLOps Leader

The BDPN; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Private health insurance

Pension

Mintago access

Spill mental health platform

Cycle to work

Team events

Job summary

Superscript is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to own the data platform, ensuring it powers BI, underwriting models, ML predictions, and data products at scale.

You will define the architectural vision, design end-to-end data pipelines, and mentor engineers while setting coding standards. The role emphasizes collaboration with Data, Tech, and business stakeholders to deliver high-impact data solutions and drive platform resilience.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of modern data architectures (data lakehouse, event-driven pipelines, and orchestration systems).
• Strong proficiency in Python, SQL, and IaC (Terraform).

Responsibilities

• Define the architectural vision for data platform scaling with BI, ML, and real-time analytics.
• Write and review production-grade code in Python, SQL, and Terraform.
• Design and deliver end-to-end data pipelines.
• Lead development of MLOps capabilities including model deployment and monitoring.
• Own and improve data quality frameworks and observability.
• Produce detailed technical documentation for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Lead complex data initiatives from concept to delivery.

Skills

Python

SQL

Terraform

dbt

Snowflake

AWS

Prefect

MLOps

Docker

Kubernetes

Tools

dbt

Snowflake

AWS

Prefect

MLFlow

kedro

Sagemaker

FastAPI

Job description

Superscript is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to own the data platform, ensuring it powers BI, underwriting models, ML predictions, and data products at scale.

You will define the architectural vision, design end-to-end data pipelines, and mentor engineers while setting coding standards. The role emphasizes collaboration with Data, Tech, and business stakeholders to deliver high-impact data solutions and drive platform resilience.