Lead Data Engineer
LB5
Posted: 28/07/2026
- £100,000 - £110,000
- London Area
- Permanent
Lead Data Engineer
Want to build data and AI platforms that deliver real business impact?
This is an opportunity to lead the design of modern cloud-based data platforms while staying hands-on with the technology. You'll work across a range of enterprise projects using the latest tools, helping shape architecture, engineering standards and AI solutions.
What's in it for you?
- Lead enterprise-scale data and AI projects
- Work with Databricks, Azure, AWS and GCP
- Influence technical strategy and architecture
- Stay hands-on while mentoring engineers
- Variety of clients and technical challenges
- Clear opportunities for career progression
What you'll be doing
- Design and deliver cloud-based data platforms
- Build ETL/ELT pipelines using Python, PySpark and SQL
- Develop scalable, secure data architectures
- Support AI and machine learning deployments
- Provide technical leadership and mentor engineers
- Drive engineering best practice
What you'll bring
- Experience building modern cloud data platforms
- Strong Python, SQL and data engineering skills
- Commercial experience with Databricks and Azure (AWS/GCP also welcomed)
- Experience designing scalable data solutions
- Previous technical leadership or mentoring experience
Anna Heneghan
Senior ML Research & Engineering Recruiter