Data Engineering Lead
Posted 2 days ago by McGregor Boyall
£100,000 Per year
Undetermined
Hybrid
London
Summary: The Data Engineering Lead role at a specialist bank in London involves leading a team of Data Engineers to develop a modern cloud data platform centered around Snowflake. The position combines technical ownership with team development and strategic platform planning, focusing on data delivery and quality. The role requires hands-on leadership and collaboration with various teams to ensure effective data management and analytics. This is a permanent, hybrid position with a competitive salary and benefits.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and develop a team of data engineers
- Own the design and delivery of scalable data pipelines (ETL/ELT)
- Drive improvements in data platform tooling, orchestration and CI/CD
- Define and enforce engineering standards and best practices
- Collaborate with architecture, BI and business teams on delivery
- Ensure data quality, reliability and performance across pipelines
- Support ongoing evolution of a modern cloud data platform
Key Skills:
- Proven experience in a Lead / Senior Data Engineering role
- Strong hands-on experience with Snowflake
- Expertise in ETL/ELT and orchestration tools (e.g. Airflow, dbt, Matillion)
- Strong SQL and Python skills
- Experience building scalable data platforms in cloud environments
- Previous experience leading or mentoring engineers
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
Salary (Rate): £100000.00 per annum
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
- Up to £100000.00 per annum
- London
- Permanent
Data Engineering Lead
SME Banking
Location: London
Working: Hybrid (50/50)
Salary: Up to £100k + bonus & benefits
The Role
- Leading a small team of Data Engineers within a growing specialist bank on a journey to become fully datadriven.
- You'll own data delivery and play a key role in shaping a modern cloud data platform, built around Snowflake, supporting analytics, reporting and business decisionmaking.
- This is a handson leadership role, combining technical ownership with team development and platform strategy.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a team of data engineers
- Own the design and delivery of scalable data pipelines (ETL/ELT)
- Drive improvements in data platform tooling, orchestration and CI/CD
- Define and enforce engineering standards and best practices
- Collaborate with architecture, BI and business teams on delivery
- Ensure data quality, reliability and performance across pipelines
- Support ongoing evolution of a modern cloud data platform
Key Requirements
- Proven experience in a Lead / Senior Data Engineering role
- Strong handson experience with Snowflake
- Expertise in ETL/ELT and orchestration tools (e.g. Airflow, dbt, Matillion)
- Strong SQL and Python skills
- Experience building scalable data platforms in cloud environments
- Previous experience leading or mentoring engineers
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
No sponsorship available.
Get in touch for more details - ncarolan@mcgregor-boyall.com
McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.