Lead Data Engineer

The Data Engineering Team (DET) builds the company’s unified data platform that powers analytics, product features, and ML—handling ingestion, transformation, storage, and delivery at scale. Our team is a cross-functional group of Senior Data Engineers and DevOps Engineers focused on reliability, observability, and developer productivity; you’ll collaborate closely with analytics, ML, and product to set technical strategy, implement best practices, and deliver trusted data products used across the business.

As the Lead Data Engineer you will be the subject matter expert on the technology used to extract transform and load data into a format that ultimately the Data Analysts and Data Scientists can use.

Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

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• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
  
• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday
  
• Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
  

Read more in the Benefits section below!

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Lead Data Engineer responsible for designing, building, and operating scalable data platforms and pipelines; mentoring engineers; setting architecture and best practices; and collaborating with analytics and ML teams to enable high-quality, production-ready data products.

Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:

Lead Data Engineers lead and inspire DataOps data engineers to innovate and industrialise the delivery of data products and services into systems and business processes within the organisation. Lead with enthusiasm for finding better more innovative ways to improve service operations, mentoring and coaching junior and senior data engineers to challenge approaches and deliver innovative solutions continually improving operational practices. Lead Data Engineers are talented problem solvers, taking a proactive approach to engage with partners, delivery units and senior managers to deliver a joined up end-to-end data operations service. As a Lead Data Engineer, you will be responsible for the design, build and deployment of information and data management process-flow systems, working collaboratively with delivery partners to manage process flow implementations where required. Lead Data Engineers have a key strategic role in developing service capabilities and the adoption of frameworks for better operational practice. Developing DataOps capabilities and supporting individual’s professional growth.

For further information on the role, please read the attached role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.

Open Sessions: Would you like to find out more about the role, the team and what it’s like to work in our department? If so, we are organising an open session where you can virtually 'meet the team' on 20th October – Monday. 5:30. Sign up here