Lead Data Engineer

Job Title: Lead Data Engineer
Location: Leeds - Hybrid
Salary: £80,000 to £100,000

Why Apply?
Step into a senior, high impact data engineering role where your expertise shapes the technical strategy and delivery for multiple high profile clients. As a Lead Data Engineer, you will drive innovation, architect scalable and secure data platforms, and mentor talented engineers to deliver world class solutions. This role offers a rare opportunity to work on complex, industry leading projects that directly influence business decisions.

Responsibilities:

• Own and lead the technical architecture and delivery of scalable data engineering solutions.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to Data Engineers within delivery teams.
• Design and manage robust data pipelines, data platforms, and warehousing solutions.
• Take a hands on approach on complex or high risk engineering components.
• Define and promote best practices for data quality, performance, governance, and security.
• Collaborate with clients, product managers, analysts, and software engineers to translate business needs into data solutions.
• Ensure data platforms meet non-functional requirements such as reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
• Shape engineering processes, tooling, and ways of working across teams.
• Support engineers' technical development and progression.
• Contribute to the consultancy's technical communities and quality forums.

Requirements:

• Proven experience designing and delivering scalable cloud based data engineering solutions.
• Expertise with Azure (Data Factory, Synapse), or AWS (Redshift, Glue) and GCP (BigQuery, Dataflow).
• Advanced SQL skills, including optimisation and performance tuning.
• Strong experience with ETL/ELT pipelines and data transformation frameworks.
• Programming proficiency in Python, Scala, or Java for data processing.
• Deep understanding of data warehousing concepts and best practices.
• Experience maintaining reliable, production-grade data pipelines.
• Excellent stakeholder management and client-facing communication skills.
• Agile delivery experience and ability to shape team practices.
• Analytical mindset with high attention to detail and quality.

What's in it for me?

• Competitive salary and benefits package including healthcare.
• Opportunities for continuous professional development and technical growth.
• Exposure to diverse projects across industries, building both technical and consulting expertise.
• Mentorship and leadership opportunities within a collaborative engineering community.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.