Lead Data Engineer

Harnham Edinburgh, Scotland 2 days ago

Type Full Time
Pay £75,000 – £90,000
Work Remote
Level Senior

This Lead Data Engineer role is focused on building , support, test, or improve systems according to the role and technology stack. It would suit someone who can bring careful technical judgement and practical problem-solving to the role.

Known job details

  • Pay: £75,000 to £90,000
  • Work model: Remote
  • This is a rare opportunity to step into a Lead Data Engineer role within a growing, boutique consulting environment where greenfield delivery and real ownership are central to the.
  • Combine hands on technical contribution with people leadership, shaping modern data platforms and processes for mid market organisations undergoing genuine digital transformation.
  • Lead the design and delivery of greenfield data platforms and analytics solutions across the full data lifecycle.
  • Balance hands on technical work with leadership responsibilities, spending time both building and guiding.

Likely focus of the role

  • Build, support, test, or improve systems according to the role and technology stack.

Requirements mentioned

  • Strong commercial experience as a Data Engineer with solid foundations in SQL and dimensional modelling.
  • Experience working with Snowflake or similar cloud data warehouses such as BigQuery.
  • Good Python capability, including orchestration tools such as Airflow.
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