Lead Data Engineer

Sphere Digital Recruitment
London, United Kingdom
3 weeks ago
£75,000 pa

Salary

£75,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Lead
Education
Degree
Posted
8 May 2026 (3 weeks ago)

An exciting technology-led organisation in London is looking for aLead Data Engineer to join their growing platform team as they continue to build out their data and analytics capability.

  • Based in: London
  • Hybrid working: 1-2 days a week in the office
  • Permanent role
  • Start date: ASAP
  • Salary: Up to £75k per annum
The Job

As theLead Data Engineer, your responsibilities will include:

  • Leading the design and delivery of a modern cloud data platform supporting analytics, AI and client-facing data products
  • Owning data pipeline architecture across ingestion, transformation and data product layers
  • Setting and maintaining data engineering standards, patterns and best practices across squads
  • Mentoring and leading a small team of Data Engineers and working closely with Analytics Engineers and Data Scientists
  • Remaining hands-on with complex technical delivery, architecture decisions and code reviews
  • Defining CI/CD, testing, observability and infrastructure-as-code standards for data pipelines
  • Ensuring strong data governance, security controls and compliance across all datasets
  • Partnering with Product and commercial teams on data initiatives and client data onboarding
  • Supporting analytics, BI and AI/ML use cases with well-structured, documented and reliable data models
You
  • 5+ years' experience in data engineering or data platform roles
  • Strong hands-on experience withSQL, Python and distributed data processing
  • Proven experience building and operating modern cloud data platforms
  • Experience with technologies such asSnowflake, Databricks and Power BI
  • Strong understanding of CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code and data quality practices
  • Solid knowledge of data security, access controls and governance
  • Comfortable operating as ahands-on technical leader, mentoring others and influencing standards
  • Strong stakeholder communication skills
Apply Now

You can apply for theLead Data Engineer position now by sending us your CV or by calling us today. Don't forget to register as a candidate too.

Amy Brown
Principal Managing Consultant

Sphere Digital Recruitment currently has a variety of job opportunities across digital, so feel free to get in touch to find out how we can help you. Please take a look at our website.

Sphere is an equal opportunities employer. We encourage applications regardless of ethnic origin, race, religious beliefs, age, disability, gender or sexual orientation, and any other protected status as required by applicable law.

Sphere Digital Recruitment currently have a variety of job opportunities across digital so feel free to get in touch with us to find out how we can help you. Please take a look at our website.

Sphere is an equal opportunities employer. We encourage applications regardless of ethnic origin, race, religious beliefs, age, disability, gender or sexual orientation, and any other protected status as required by applicable law.

If you require any adjustments or additional support during the recruitment process for any reason whatsoever, please let us know.

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