Data Engineering Team Lead: Architect & Mentor

GCS Recruitment; Athlone; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

GCS Recruitment is seeking an Engineering Team Lead to guide a data engineering group delivering scalable data platforms in Ireland. You’ll shape architecture, mentor engineers, and drive best practices across ETL, data modelling, and cloud data services.

You’ll partner with analytics and business teams to translate requirements into robust technical solutions while ensuring platform reliability and governance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in Data Engineering, ETL development, SQL programming, and data warehousing.
• Strong expertise in data modelling, systems integration, and cloud-based data platforms.
• Proficiency in SQL and languages such as Python, Java, Scala, or R.
• Experience leading technical teams and mentoring engineers.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to translate business requirements into effective technical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Leading and mentoring a team of Data Engineers.
• Defining and promoting engineering best practices, standards, and processes.
• Designing and overseeing scalable data integration and data warehouse solutions.
• Providing architectural guidance across data and analytics projects.
• Driving data governance, operational controls, and platform reliability.
• Collaborating with analytics, reporting, and business teams to deliver impactful data solutions.
• Supporting the growth and development of a high-performing engineering team.

Skills

Data engineering

ETL development

SQL programming

Data warehousing

Cloud platforms

Programming languages: Python/Java/SC/

Job description

Engineering Team Lead

Lead the Future of Data Engineering

We are looking for an experienced Engineering Team Lead to join our growing Data & Analytics function. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a team of talented Data Engineers while shaping the design, architecture, and delivery of modern data solutions.

As Engineering Team Lead, you will be responsible for driving best practices across data engineering, providing technical leadership, and ensuring the successful delivery of scalable, high-quality data platforms that enable business insight and innovation.

What You'll Be Doing

• Leading and mentoring a team of Data Engineers.
• Defining and promoting engineering best practices, standards, and processes.
• Designing and overseeing scalable data integration and data warehouse solutions.
• Providing architectural guidance across data and analytics projects.
• Driving data governance, operational controls, and platform reliability.
• Collaborating with analytics, reporting, and business teams to deliver impactful data solutions.
• Supporting the growth and development of a high-performing engineering team.

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years' experience in Data Engineering, ETL development, SQL programming, and data warehousing.
• Strong expertise in data modelling, systems integration, and cloud-based data platforms.
• Proficiency in SQL and languages such as Python, Java, Scala, or R.
• Experience leading technical teams and mentoring engineers.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to translate business requirements into effective technical solutions.

Nice to Have

• Experience within financial services, insurance, or another regulated industry.
• Exposure to enterprise-scale analytics and reporting environments.

Why Join Us?

You'll have the opportunity to influence technical strategy, shape the future of our data platform, and work alongside a collaborative team focused on delivering innovative, data-driven solutions. If you're passionate about engineering excellence and developing high-performing teams, we'd love to hear from you.

GCS is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.