About this role
Salary: £85,000 - 90,000 per year
Requirements: First-class STEM degree from a prestigious university5+ years of experience in Data Engineering or Platform roles, including 2+ years in a lead or senior capacityProven line management experience, not just technical leadershipTrack record of building or improving engineering processes and team structuresExpertise in SQL pipelines, Python orchestration, dimensional modelling, and star or snowflake schemasExperience with cloud data infrastructure, CI/CD automation, and metadata frameworksComfortable working across product, AI, and client delivery teamsFamiliarity with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP; SQL technologies such as T-SQL or PostgreSQL; Python; versioned metadata frameworks; Git; CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions; monitoring; and security practices including role-based schema access, PII isolation, and audit trails Responsibilities: Lead our Data Engineering function, setting standards, tooling, and delivery processesManage, mentor, and develop data engineers, including performance and development plansLead recruitment and represent engineering in cross-functional planningDesign and build high-performance ETL/ELT pipelines across operational, analytical, and AI data layersLead schema design, model validation, scalable partitioning, and metadata-driven SQL frameworksPersonally deliver the most complex implementation workDefine and evolve data models that power SCV, segmentation, AI features, and analyticsWork across dimensional, event-based, and ML-aligned data structuresOwn CI/CD for data pipelines, including Git-based workflows, deployment governance, and rollback handlingOrchestrate ML model outputs into production pipelines with resilience controlsDrive adoption of AI tools across engineering for code generation, data profiling, documentation, and testingImplement structured logging, alerting, SLA tracking, and access control Technologies: AIAWSArchitectAzureCI/CDCloudCTODevOpsETLGCPGitGitHubSupportPostgreSQLPythonSQLSecuritySnowflake More:
We are a leading AI-powered SaaS company helping businesses unlock the potential of their first-party data. Our platform turns complex data into actionable intelligence to support revenue growth and better decision-making. We work with major household-name brands in Finance, Retail, Travel, Telco, and Healthcare, serving clients in four countries with two live products and two AI solutions in development. We are scaling rapidly. This player-manager role is based in London and reports to our Chief Technology Officer. You will build and lead our Data Engineering function from the ground up, work on real-world AI challenges for enterprise clients across multiple sectors, and receive direct mentorship from our CTO and Technical Architect. We offer a competitive salary, a learning budget, and fast-track growth.
last updated 40 week of 2026