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2 months ago
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Data Engineering Manager


We’re supporting a high-growth digital business as they build out their internal engineering function and undergo a significant data transformation. As part of this next phase, they’re hiring aData Engineering Managerto lead a growing team of engineers focused on building scalable, real-time data infrastructure from the ground up.


🔍 About the Role

This is a strategic, hands-on leadership role where you’ll drive the technical vision, define best practices, and lead a team responsible for architecting, building, and maintaining a real-time data platform.


You’ll collaborate cross-functionally with product, analytics, and engineering teams to deliver robust, high-performance pipelines and infrastructure that power data-driven decision-making across the business.


🧠 Key Responsibilities

  • Lead, mentor and grow a team of data engineers
  • Set the technical direction and oversee the delivery of real-time data solutions
  • Design scalable and fault-tolerant data infrastructure in the cloud
  • Drive adoption of best practices around data quality, governance, and pipeline monitoring
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to align data engineering efforts with business goals
  • Stay on top of new technologies and promote continuous improvement across the team


🧰 What You’ll Need

  • Strong experience leading data engineering teams in high-growth environments
  • Deep expertise with real-time data processing tools (e.g. Kafka, Flink, Spark Streaming)
  • Solid hands-on knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP or Azure)
  • Strong proficiency in languages like Python, Java or Scala
  • Familiarity with orchestration tools such as Airflow or Kubernetes
  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
  • Passion for mentoring and developing engineering talent


🎁 What’s On Offer

  • Competitive salary +quarterly bonus scheme
  • Hybrid workingwith a central London HQ
  • Private healthcareand market-leading benefits
  • Regular team lunches, socials, and annual international offsite
  • Fast-paced, innovative environment with clear scope to shape strategy
  • Full ownership of team growth and platform direction

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