Data Engineering Lead

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.

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McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.