Data Engineering Lead

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Data Engineering Lead


Location: Nottingham (Hybrid - 1 day per week onsite)


Salary: Up to £90,000 + benefits


Type: Permanent


Overview

A national leader within their relative field is looking for a hands‑on Data Engineering Lead to guide, mentor, and shape a high‑performing data engineering function within a modern cloud‑native environment. This is an opportunity to lead by example – balancing strategic direction with technical delivery – while working with an advanced Azure and Databricks ecosystem. You'll play a key role in building scalable, reliable, and high‑value data solutions that support analytics, reporting, and data‑driven decision‑making across the organisation.


Key Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor a team of data engineers, driving best practices and technical excellence.
  • Remain hands‑on in solution design, development, and optimisation using Databricks and Azure data services.
  • Oversee the build and maintenance of data pipelines, ingestion frameworks, and transformation workflows.
  • Collaborate with architecture, analytics, and product teams to deliver robust, scalable data solutions.
  • Implement and enforce data governance, quality frameworks, and performance standards.
  • Drive continuous improvement in data engineering processes, automation, and cloud optimisation.
  • Contribute to the overall data strategy and roadmap, ensuring alignment with business objectives.

Tech Stack & Skills Required

  • Strong hands‑on experience with Databricks (Spark, Delta Lake, notebooks).
  • Deep knowledge of Azure data services such as:
  • Strong background in Python and/or Scala.
  • Solid understanding of CI/CD practices for data engineering.

Leadership & Delivery

  • Proven experience leading or mentoring data engineering teams.
  • Ability to balance strategic direction with practical, hands‑on delivery.
  • Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
  • Experience shaping engineering standards, frameworks, and reusable patterns.

What's on Offer

  • Salary up to £90,000
  • Hybrid working (1 day per week in Nottingham)
  • Modern tech environment with autonomy and influence
  • Opportunity to shape and scale a data engineering practice
  • Discretionary bonus
  • And more.


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