Lead Data Engineer
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- England,London,City of London
- Full Time, Permanent
- £80,000 - £110,000 per annum
Job Description:
Full job descriptionLead Data Engineer (Permanent, London on-site)
A high-growth AI software company is looking for a Lead Data Engineer to own and scale the data foundations behind an AI-driven operations platform used by property teams. This is a hands-on, high-ownership role where you’ll define the data architecture, set engineering standards and build systems that power product analytics and modern AI capabilities.
What you’ll do
*Architect and build scalable data pipelines and distributed data systems
*Design ingestion, transformation and storage patterns for operational and AI workloads
*Deliver batch and real-time/streaming pipelines
*Build and optimise vector search and retrieval pipelines that support AI features
*Implement monitoring, observability and data quality frameworks
*Drive security, reliability and governance across the data layer
*Partner closely with backend and AI engineers to support training, inference and product delivery
*Influence technical direction and help shape the future data team as the company scales
What we’re looking for
*Demonstrable experience in data engineering or backend engineering with proven architecture ownership
*Good level of Python engineering skills
*Strong relational database experience (PostgreSQL preferred) including performance and query optimisation
*Exposure to NoSQL systems
*Comfortable building from scratch in a fast-moving, product-led environment
*Experience with vector databases and vector search in modern AI systems
*Desirable: Spark, Airflow, Kafka, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, event-driven architectures
*Cloud experience (AWS, GCP or Azure) is a plus
Why join
*High impact and ownership as an early senior hire
*Work with a strong engineering team on real AI product challenges
*Competitive salary
If you are an experienced Data Engineer seeking a challenging opportunity to lead and innovate within a transformative AI company, we encourage you to apply now and become a vital part of our client’s mission.
Unfortunately sponsorship is not available for this role.
A high-growth AI software company is looking for a Lead Data Engineer to own and scale the data foundations behind an AI-driven operations platform used by property teams. This is a hands-on, high-ownership role where you’ll define the data architecture, set engineering standards and build systems that power product analytics and modern AI capabilities.
What you’ll do
*Architect and build scalable data pipelines and distributed data systems
*Design ingestion, transformation and storage patterns for operational and AI workloads
*Deliver batch and real-time/streaming pipelines
*Build and optimise vector search and retrieval pipelines that support AI features
*Implement monitoring, observability and data quality frameworks
*Drive security, reliability and governance across the data layer
*Partner closely with backend and AI engineers to support training, inference and product delivery
*Influence technical direction and help shape the future data team as the company scales
What we’re looking for
*Demonstrable experience in data engineering or backend engineering with proven architecture ownership
*Good level of Python engineering skills
*Strong relational database experience (PostgreSQL preferred) including performance and query optimisation
*Exposure to NoSQL systems
*Comfortable building from scratch in a fast-moving, product-led environment
*Experience with vector databases and vector search in modern AI systems
*Desirable: Spark, Airflow, Kafka, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, event-driven architectures
*Cloud experience (AWS, GCP or Azure) is a plus
Why join
*High impact and ownership as an early senior hire
*Work with a strong engineering team on real AI product challenges
*Competitive salary
If you are an experienced Data Engineer seeking a challenging opportunity to lead and innovate within a transformative AI company, we encourage you to apply now and become a vital part of our client’s mission.
Unfortunately sponsorship is not available for this role.
Job number 3919383
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Company Details:
Matchtech
Company size: 250–499 employees
Industry: Other
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