Data Engineering Lead
  • England,East Midlands,Nottinghamshire
  • Full Time, Permanent
  • £75,000 - £90,000 per annum
Job Description:
Data Engineering Lead
Location: Nottingham (Hybrid - 1 day per week onsite)
Salary: Up to £90,000 + benefits
Type: Permanent
Overview:
A national leader within their relative field is looking for a hands-on Data Engineering Lead to guide, mentor, and shape a high-performing data engineering function within a modern cloud-native environment. This is an opportunity to lead by example - balancing strategic direction with technical delivery - while working with an advanced Azure and Databricks ecosystem.
You’ll play a key role in building scalable, reliable, and high-value data solutions that support analytics, reporting, and data-driven decision-making across the organisation.
Key Responsibilities:
*Lead and mentor a team of data engineers, driving best practices and technical excellence.
*Remain hands-on in solution design, development, and optimisation using Databricks and Azure data services.
*Oversee the build and maintenance of data pipelines, ingestion frameworks, and transformation workflows.
*Collaborate with architecture, analytics, and product teams to deliver robust, scalable data solutions.
*Implement and enforce data governance, quality frameworks, and performance standards.
*Drive continuous improvement in data engineering processes, automation, and cloud optimisation.
*Contribute to the overall data strategy and roadmap, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
Tech Stack & Skills Required:
*Strong hands-on experience with Databricks (Spark, Delta Lake, notebooks).
*Deep knowledge of Azure data services such as:
*Strong background in Python and/or Scala.
*Solid understanding of CI/CD practices for data engineering.
Leadership & Delivery
*Proven experience leading or mentoring data engineering teams.
*Ability to balance strategic direction with practical, hands-on delivery.
*Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
*Experience shaping engineering standards, frameworks, and reusable patterns.
What’s on Offer
*Salary up to £90,000
*Hybrid working (1 day per week in Nottingham)
*Modern tech environment with autonomy and influence
*Opportunity to shape and scale a data engineering practice
*Discretionary bonus
*And more.
Job number 3313314

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