14 of 14 Lead Data Engineer Jobs in the South East

We are searching for an experienced Lead Data Engineer for an exciting data-driven business with multiple office locations across the UK. The role is offered as a remote position, but you MUST be based in the UK to be considered for the opportunity. In this … role you will be involved in determining the future direction and impact of data engineering within the business. This is an extremely exciting Lead Data Engineering role, a fantastic opportunity for an experienced, innovative and hands-on data professional to help shape our client's products … and solutions. Reporting directly to the Head of Data Engineering, you will play a crucial role in driving the team's vision and objectives to completion. You will be expected to provide technical leadership, own the solution, ensure the reliability of data products, and collaborate closely with your More ❯

Lead Data Engineer | Location: London (Hybrid - 1-2 day a month in office) | Salary: £90,000-£110,000 | London Market Insurance The Opportunity Are you passionate about building cutting-edge data platforms that drive business growth? Our client is seeking who is a Speciality Insurer a … skilled and motivated Lead Data Engineer with Insurance experience to play a key role in the creation of a brand-new data platform within the Azure ecosystem and Databricks . This is an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of data innovation, working within … a newly formed Data & Analytics team in a long standing London Market Insurer . You’ll help shape the data strategy, improve data quality, and empower the business to make data-driven decisions. As a Lead Data Engineer, you'll work closely with More ❯

handle the complexity of modern cruising - all while keeping things collaborative and fun. Your Mission: Are you passionate about unlocking the power of customer data? We're looking for a talented Lead Data Engineer to spearhead the design, development, and optimisation of our critical CRM and … customer data transformation. You'll play a pivotal role in building the data foundations for advanced analytics, personalised customer experiences, and effective marketing activation. As a senior member of the team, you will lead data engineers and champion best practices within our data environment. What … You'll Do: Design & Build: Architect, build, test, and deploy robust, scalable, and reliable data pipelines, focusing on ingesting and transforming CRM and customer data from various sources. Lead & Innovate: Take technical ownership of customer data integration solutions within our data platform (AWS/SQL More ❯

handle the complexity of modern cruising — all while keeping things collaborative and fun. Your Mission: Are you passionate about unlocking the power of customer data? We're looking for a talented Lead Data Engineer to spearhead the design, development, and optimisation of our critical CRM and … customer data transformation. You'll play a pivotal role in building the data foundations for advanced analytics, personalised customer experiences, and effective marketing activation. As a senior member of the team, you will lead data engineers and champion best practices within our data environment. What … You'll Do: Design & Build: Architect, build, test, and deploy robust, scalable, and reliable data pipelines, focusing on ingesting and transforming CRM and customer data from various sources. Lead & Innovate: Take technical ownership of customer data integration solutions within our data platform (AWS/SQL More ❯

Lead Data Engineer – Snowflake, Databricks, Azure Job Type: Contract (Outside IR35) Location: Hybrid - 2 days a week in London Start Date: ASAP Rate: Up to £550 per day A leading technology consultancy is looking for a highly skilled Lead Data Engineer with strong Snowflake … fast-paced, collaborative environment, delivering critical modernisation solutions for a high-profile client. This is a pivotal role for an experienced professional passionate about data engineering and transformational delivery. Key Responsibilities Lead the planning and execution of database modernisation, conversion, and migration activities, ensuring alignment with project timelines … and deliverables. Oversee database architecture assessments and performance optimisation efforts. Collaborate with development and architecture teams to improve data flow and streamline database operations. Conduct thorough testing and validation of migrated data to ensure completeness and accuracy. Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation of migration strategies, standards, and processes. More ❯

Join a Leading Growth business on its transformative journey to become the UK's most recommended businesses in their industry Lead Data Engineer Salary: £70-90k Location: Reading – Hybrid Benefits: Competitive Role Overview: As Lead Data Engineer , you will be part of the … Corporate Data team, reporting directly to the Senior Leadership team. You will lead a small team of data engineers, overseeing the design, build, and maintenance of the infrastructure and systems that collect, store, and process corporate data for reporting and analysis. Key Responsibilities: • Lead and … manage a team of data engineers. • Design, build, and maintain data infrastructure and systems. • Ensure effective use of Microsoft Fabric and Synapse analytics platform. • Collaborate with various stakeholders, including Data and Systems owners, Data Analysts, Data Architects, Infrastructure Architects, and external suppliers. Experience required • Dynamic More ❯

We are seeking a strategic and hands-on Lead Data Engineer to own the development of Aerial Direct’s cloud-native data platform. Working primarily within the Microsoft Azure ecosystem, you will be responsible for building and maintaining scalable data pipelines, optimising architecture for performance … and enabling actionable insights across the business. In addition to technical delivery, you will lead a small team of data engineers and analysts, helping to embed best practices, mentor talent, and deliver enterprise-grade data services that power automation, reporting, and transformation initiatives. You will play a … central role in shaping how data is stored, governed, and consumed across the business, ensuring security, scalability, and compliance are built in by design. What do we offer? Holiday rising with each year of service Buy & Sell Holiday Scheme Your Birthday Off - after all it's the most important More ❯

award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Circana. Job description: We are seeking a skilled and motivated Data Engineer to join a growing team Global Team based in the UK. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, building, and … maintaining robust data pipelines and infrastructure on the Azure cloud platform. You will leverage your expertise in PySpark, Apache Spark, and Apache Airflow to process and orchestrate large-scale data workloads, ensuring data quality, efficiency, and scalability. If you have a passion for data engineering and … a desire to make a significant impact, we encourage you to apply! Job Responsibilities Data Engineering & Data Pipeline Development Design, develop, and optimize scalable DATA workflows using Python, PySpark, and Airflow Implement real-time and batch data processing using Spark Enforce best practices for data More ❯

Social network you want to login/join with: Lead Data Engineer - Multi-Strat Fund - Research Platform - £300k, Slough Client: Paragon Alpha - Hedge Fund Talent Business Location: Slough, United Kingdom Job Category: Other EU work permit required: Yes Job Views: 4 Posted: 31.05.2025 Expiry Date: 15.07.2025 Job … Description: We're working with a multi-manager hedge fund managing over 10BN, which employs data teams to support trading pods. These teams develop data-driven tools and platforms for strategy development. This data-driven ethos requires hiring a Data Engineering Lead to build infrastructure … for new Quant Researchers across multiple pods. The main responsibilities include building pipelines and platforms for quant research data sets. Stack: Python, AWS, S3, ETL, SQL They need an excellent Lead Engineer with a passion for data, who can collaborate with investment staff to maximize the More ❯

Lead Data Platform Engineer | Energy Trading | Python, Snowflake, Dagster, & AWS | Up to £140,000 + Benefits | Hybrid – London A Lead Data Platform Engineer is required to join a fast-growing Commodities Trading firm at the forefront of the global Oil & Gas markets. As part … of their continued investment in data and analytics, they're scaling their Enterprise Data Platform to drive smarter, faster trading decisions—and they need an experienced leader to guide this transformation. In this high-impact role, you'll lead a team of 5 data engineers within … the central data architecture function, setting the technical direction and ensuring best practices across the business. You'll be hands-on with modern data technologies, while also mentoring, coaching, and guiding the team in delivering scalable, high-performance solutions. Key Tech Stack: Python, Snowflake, Dagster, Kafka Terraform, CI More ❯

and short strategies they have been a household name in the buy side space for close to 2 decades. This client are hiring a Lead Data Engineer for a core team to take ownership of their core data platform, and build data pipelines to parse … a broad range of financial data sets into the firm. The role will be interacting directly with trading desks as well and wider teams. This is a senior seat, ideally looking for a hedge fund background and 8 years+ experience in a revelant role. This will mean exposure to … market data vendors, ability to communicate with traders and mentoring junior engineers. Tech stack: Deep Python, Pandas, AWS, Airflow, Kubernetes, ETL, SQL Please apply if this of interest More ❯

Join to apply for the Senior/Lead Big Data Engineer (Scala/Spark) role at Grid Dynamics . Responsibilities Development of Spark jobs for data synchronization between different storage systems. Development of big data pipelines and infrastructure. Planning and deploying data schemas for … data warehousing. Designing, developing, and maintaining RESTful services and microservices. Managing real-time data streams using Kafka. Writing efficient backend code in Java/Scala. Optimizing Postgres databases and handling complex queries. Creating automated build processes using Gradle. Requirements Strong expertise in Spark and Scala. Hands-on experience … with Hadoop. Proficiency with data processing frameworks like Kafka and Spark. Experience with database engines such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, Teradata, Cassandra. Understanding of distributed computing technologies, approaches, and patterns. Nice to have Experience with Data Lakes, Data Warehousing, or analytics systems. We offer Opportunity to work on More ❯

We're working with a multi-manager hedge fund managing over 10BN, who employs data teams to support trading pods; supporting their strategy development with data driven tools and platform. This data driven ethos requires them to hire a Data Engineering Lead to build infrastructure … for new Quant Researchers in multiple pods. Specifically, these engineers will be building pipelines and platforms for quant research data sets. Stack: Python, AWS, S3, ETL, SQL They need an excellent Lead Engineer with a passion for data, and somehow who can partner with investment staff More ❯

Job Title: Technical Leader – Individual Contributor (Cloud Data Transformation) Location: London, UK (Hybrid – 2–3 days onsite) Industry: Financial Markets/Capital Markets Infrastructure Employment Type: Full-time | Permanent Overview We are partnering with a global leader in financial markets infrastructure , currently undergoing an enterprise level modernisation programme of … their core platform. This multi-year transformation is focused on rebuilding core data and analytics capabilities using a modern cloud-native stack —and they are looking for a high-calibre Technical Leader (IC) to play a pivotal role. This an opportunity with significant architectural ownership, suited for a senior … technologist who wants to lead from the front, architect cutting-edge solutions at scale, and influence the direction of one of the most essential platforms in global finance. The Opportunity You will act as a technical thought leader , shaping and delivering a next-generation data and technology platform More ❯