Data Engineering Lead

We are looking for a Data Tech Lead to join our Data Engineering practice delivering modern data platforms for enterprise and regulated clients. This is a handson leadership role for a technically strong engineer who can lead design and delivery act as a trusted technical authority and mentor engineers while maintaining strong engineering discipline in realworld environments. 

This is a deliveryfocused role for an experienced engineer and Tech Lead who enjoys solving complex data challenges takes ownership of outcomes and applies strong engineering discipline in realworld environments. 

 

• Leading endtoend delivery of data engineering workstreams; shaping solution approach setting technical direction and ensuring outcomes are delivered to a high standard 

• Designing and building scalable batch and streaming pipelines and operating production systems 

• Providing technical governance and oversight: design reviews implementation guidance risk/issue escalation and delivery assurance 

• Building strong stakeholder relationships and operating as a credible clientfacing technical lead 

• Coaching and mentoring engineers supporting learning plans and helping develop capability standards and accelerators 

• Partnering with business and technology stakeholders to build and enhance reliable scalable data platforms  

• Developing highthroughput lowlatency data processing systems  

• Working within the Databricks and Apache Spark ecosystem to support largescale data workloads  

• Building and maintaining cloudnative data solutions on AWS  

• Using dbt for data transformation modelling testing and documentation  

• Orchestrating data workflows using Airflow or similar orchestration tools  

• Writing clean efficient and welltested code following software engineering best practices  

• Collaborating closely with product analytics and platform teams  

• Supporting production systems by troubleshooting issues and implementing continuous improvements 

• Ensuring solutions are productionready: secure tested observable and costefficient 

• Optimising data performance reliability and data quality in live environments 

Qualifications :

• 8-10 years experience in handson data engineering including technical leadership on production platforms 

• Experience providing technical governance (design reviews standards delivery assurance) and supporting delivery at pace  

• Comfortable contributing to estimation and commercial discussions and ensuring solutions are feasible and deliverable  

• Proven ability to mentor and help develop engineers through coaching feedback and structured development support  

• Strong handson coding skills in Python Java or similar languages with strong SQL capability  

• Proven experience building and operating batch and streaming pipelines in production  

• Experience with AWS Databricks / Spark and modern data architectures  

• Handson experience using dbt for transformations and Airflow (or equivalent) for orchestration  

•  Solid understanding of data modelling data quality and production data systems  

• Experience working with relational databases such as Postgres or SQL Server  

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines testing frameworks and monitoring / observability tooling 

Nice to Have 

• Experience enabling ML AI or GenAI workloads through strong data foundations 

• Exposure to modern BI and analytics tooling 

• Experience working in regulated or securityconscious environments 

• Consulting or clientfacing delivery experience 

Additional Information :

Why Version 1 

At Version 1 we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing professional growth and financial stability. 

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme where employees collectively benefit from a share of our companys profits 
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme 
• Flexible/remote working Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and peoples individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance 
• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension Private Healthcare Cover Life Assurance Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme 
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts Bike to Work Fitness classes Mindfulness Workshops Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance enhanced maternity/paternity leave marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies 
• Educational assistance incentivised certifications and accreditations including AWS Microsoft Oracle and Red Hat 
• Reward schemes including Version 1s Annual Excellence Awards & Call-Out platform. 
• Environment Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity inclusion and belonging schemes. 

And many more exciting benefits drop us a note to find out more.   

Version 1 is an equal opportunities employer. 
 
We are committed to building a diverse inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds identities and lived experiences and we value the different perspectives people bring. 
 
We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process please contact recruiter email address at Version 1. We will consider all requests carefully respectfully and confidentially. 

Version 1 is an equal opportunities employer. 

We are committed to building a diverse inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds identities and lived experiences and we value the different perspectives people bring including those shaped by disability and neurodiversity. 

We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process please contact your recruiter at Version 1. We will consider all requests carefully respectfully and confidentially. 

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