Lead Data Engineer

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13 hours ago
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Lead Data Engineer

We’re Quickline, and we believe everyone deserves great internet. Whoever you are, wherever you are and whatever you do online. So we’re on a mission to provide just that. Lightning fast, reliable broadband that reaches the places other providers leave behind.

Our mission relies on a team full of inspiring people, and we’re looking for a Lead Data Engineer to build and strengthen the foundations of our data platform, delivering reliable pipelines, governed, high-quality data products that teams across Sales, Network, Customer Experience, Finance and Operations can trust.

If building robust, production-grade data systems motivates you, and seeing trusted data improve how a business performs gives you a sense of achievement, we’d be very interested in learning more about your experience and expertise.

Here’s why you’ll love this role…

  • Build and own core data engineering foundations in a business where data is becoming central to operational performance and decision making.

  • Design and deliver reliable ingestion and transformation pipelines that reduce failures and “multiple versions of the truth”.

  • Create trusted, well modelled datasets that underpin executive KPIs and operational dashboards across the organisation.

  • Improve platform maturity: environments, testing, monitoring, documentation, and release practices that make delivery safer and faster.

  • Work closely with IT, Systems Development and business teams to align system changes with data flows and change control.

  • Be part of a data function that’s building towards a modern, governed single source of truth with clear ownership and quality expectations.

    Here’s why you’ll be great in this role…

  • Extensive hands-on data engineering experience within complex, high-growth or technology-led organisations, including building data platforms from inception to production.

  • Proven track record of transforming fragile or fragmented pipelines into trusted, governed, production-grade data platforms through practical engineering improvements.

  • Strong expertise across the full data engineering lifecycle: data ingestion, transformation and modelling, and enabling consumption through BI layers and semantic models.

  • Deep hands-on experience with modern cloud data platforms, including best practices for testing, monitoring, environments, deployment, and data quality management across pipelines and upstream systems.

  • Experienced leader and communicator, capable of building and developing high-performing data engineering teams while clearly explaining trade-offs and delivery decisions to non-technical stakeholders.

    The benefits…

  • Pension – 5% employer / 5% employee contribution.

    -  Health Cashback Scheme – Can claim back prescription, GP and optician charges, therapy allowance, private outpatient consultations, EAP, 24/7 remote GP service, member discounts.

  • 25 days annual leave + bank holidays, your birthday, house move and wedding day off.

  • Option to buy or sell up to 5 additional days annual leave

  • Enhanced Paternity/Maternity/Adoption leave 

  • High Street Shopping Discount Scheme - Holidays, food and drink, insurance, sport, tech, high street, Ikea, M&S, cinema etc.

  • Free Parking on site.

  • Regular ‘Lunch & Learns’ 

  • Social Events – Summer and End of Year parties etc.

  • Customer Obsessed Awards - Regular opportunities to win!

    Note to agencies –

    Quickline have an internal recruitment team. We will not accept unsolicited CVs from any source other than directly from a candidate via our Applicant Tracking System (“ATS”). Any unsolicited CVs sent to Quickline, via the Quickline careers email address, directly to Quickline employees or managers, will be considered Quickline property and Quickline are free to contact those prospective candidates directly with zero financial repercussions. For further information refer to our careers page.

    Please note: You must have the right to work in the UK in order to be successfully appointed to this role

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