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Data Engineering Manager

VIQU Limited
Leeds
3 weeks ago
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Data Engineering Manager

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Data Engineering Manager

Data Engineering Manager

Data Engineering Manager

Role: Data Engineering Manager

Salary: £65,000- £70,000 per annum

Location: Leeds (One day on site).

VIQU have partnered with a leading supply chain organisation who are looking to expand their data teams. The Data Engineering Manager will manage a team of eight to help with an on-going digital transformation. The ideal candidate will come from a technical background but has recently worked in a managerial role focused on mentoring, coaching, reviewing code, and standard setting. The role will focus on the development of the clients Databricks platform (AWS is preferred but open to Azure.GCP experience also), utilising Python and SQL, contribute to CI/CD pipelines, strategy development, cost optimisation and data governance frameworks. 

Job duties of the Data Engineering Manager: 


  • Manage a team of eight engineers, helping to mentor and coach the team.
  • Manage  the adoption of automated CI/CD pipelines.
  • Implement a new delivery roadmap.
  • Contribute to the development of a new Databricks system in AWS (AWS experience is preferred but they are open to managers with Azure experience).
  • Cost optimisation.
  • Establish data governance frameworks for secure handling of delivery information.


Requirements of the Data Engineering Manager:


  • 6+ years experience in a hands on data engineer role, with over a years recent experience in a managerial role, coaching similar sized teams.
  • Deep knowledge of the Databricks platform.
  • Hands on Python development experience.
  • SQL optimisation.
  • Experience with large scale data pipeline optimisation.
  • Experience with Streaming and Batch Spark workloads.
  • Strong people management skills.


Role: Data Engineering Manager

Salary: £65,000- £70,000 per annum

Location: Leeds (One day on site).

To discuss this exciting opportunity in more detail, please APPLY NOW for a no obligation chat with your VIQU Consultant. Additionally, you can contact Jack McManus on Jack.Mcmanusviqu.co.uk.

If you know someone who would be ideal for this role, by way of showing our appreciation, VIQU is offering an introduction fee up to £1,000 once your referral has successfully started work with our client (terms apply).

To be the first to hear about other exciting opportunities, technology, and recruitment news, please also follow us at ‘VIQU IT Recruitment’ on LinkedIn, and Twitter: VIQU_UK

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