Senior Data Platform Lead & Engineer – Hybrid

Xcede; England; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working approach

Opportunity for leadership responsibilities with technical delivery

Influence over next-generation data and AI capabilities

Job summary

A major financial services organisation is recruiting for a Lead Data Engineer in South England. This role combines technical leadership with hands-on engineering, overseeing the design and delivery of scalable data solutions. Candidates should have experience leading data engineering teams and a strong background in cloud data platforms. This opportunity offers a flexible hybrid work environment and significant influence over data and AI capabilities in a renowned firm.

Qualifications

• Proven background leading data engineering teams or projects in a technology-driven business.
• Expert knowledge of modern cloud data platforms like Databricks, Snowflake, ideally AWS.
• Advanced Python programming skills and fluency with the wider Python data toolkit.

Responsibilities

• Directing major data engineering initiatives and overseeing a team of engineers.
• Designing and enhancing data warehouses, pipelines, and integration frameworks at scale.
• Partnering with analytics, AI, product, and business teams.

Skills

Leading data engineering teams or projects

Expert knowledge of modern cloud data platforms (Databricks, Snowflake, AWS)

Advanced Python programming skills

Strong capability with SQL, Spark, Airflow, Terraform

Understanding of CICD practices

Experience building data integration pipelines

Data modelling, ingestion, and optimisation

Exposure to Generative AI

Job description

A major financial services organisation is recruiting for a Lead Data Engineer in South England. This role combines technical leadership with hands-on engineering, overseeing the design and delivery of scalable data solutions. Candidates should have experience leading data engineering teams and a strong background in cloud data platforms. This opportunity offers a flexible hybrid work environment and significant influence over data and AI capabilities in a renowned firm.