Lead Data Engineer

Data Engineering Lead, Bristol A FTSE-listed business based in central Bristol is investing heavily in its data future and is looking for a Data Engineering Lead to take ownership of it. They're the UK leader in their sector, housing over 70,000 people across 23 cities, and they're in the middle of a major technical transformation. That includes a data warehouse to Databricks migration, a SaaS migration and wider business integration, and this role sits right at the centre of all of it. This isn't a lead role where you manage a backlog and never touch code again. You'll lead and grow a talented team of Data Engineers, set the technical direction for the platform, and still get your hands dirty on the hardest engineering problems. If you want real influence over a lakehouse build at enterprise scale, with the backing to do it properly, this is it. 3 Days per week in the Office, based in Central Bristol. Responsibilities:

• Leading, mentoring and developing a team of Data Engineers.
• Owning the migration from the existing data warehouse to Databricks.
• Shaping data strategy and influencing key technology decisions.
• Designing scalable pipelines, models and curated datasets for BI, analytics and data science.
• Championing engineering best practice across testing, deployment, monitoring and code review. Necessary experience:
• Leading Data Engineering teams in complex enterprise environments.
• Strong hands-on Databricks, Spark and lakehouse architecture.
• Strong SQL and Python.
• Building and running modern cloud data platforms.
• Bonus points for data migration, M&A data integration, Tableau or SnapLogic. Benefits:
• Salary up to £85,000.
• Discretionary annual bonus.
• 25 days holiday plus holiday buying, with 5 extra days for long service.
• Pension with employer contributions of 5% to 11%.
• 18 weeks full pay enhanced family leave.
• ShareSave scheme, healthcare cash plan and gym benefit.