16 of 16 Lead Data Engineer Jobs in the South East

Lead Azure Data Engineer The Lead Azure Data Engineer will play a pivotal role in managing and optimising data solutions within the financial services sector. This position focuses on leveraging Azure-based technologies to support the analytics department in delivering high-performing data solutions. Client Details Lead Azure Data Engineer … sized organisation within the financial services industry, known for its focus on innovation and technology-driven solutions. It offers a collaborative environment, fostering growth within the analytics field. Description Lead Azure Data Engineer Design and implement scalable data solutions using Azure technologies. Collaborate with the analytics team to align data architecture with business objectives. Develop … and maintain robust ETL pipelines for data processing and integration. Ensure data security and compliance with industry standards and regulations. Monitor and optimise data storage and processing performance within Azure environments. Provide technical leadership and mentoring to junior team members. Document processes, system designs, and workflows for future reference. Stay updated on emerging trends and technologies in More ❯

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 team and other teams to optimise data solutions. This is a fantastic opportunity for highly skilled and motivated Lead Data Engineer with strong expertise in data More ❯

Lead Data Engineer £110000 GBP Onsite WORKING Location: Central London, Greater London - United Kingdom Type: Permanent We are a leading name digital transformation, showcasing the knowledge and expertise to tackle the most difficult challenge with cutting-edge technologies. We are currently looking for an experienced Lead Data Engineer to help us deliver technical innovation … for a crucial client project. A Lead Data Engineer Will Have: Expertise in leading teams of engineers in the implementation of data-intensive system components. Software development experience in one or more of Java, Scala or Python. Experience with data-processing platforms from vendors such as Informatica, Azure Databricks or any relevant ETL tools. Experience … working in the Public Sector . Prior experience in consultancy. Lead Data Engineer Key Details: Up to £110k Salary. Discretionary bonus. Hybrid Working. Requires eligibility for SC clearance. If this role of Lead Data Engineer sounds like a fit for you, make sure to click apply now! If you'd like to discuss the More ❯

Lead Data Engineer London, UK (Hybrid) Innovative FinTech About the Company: We are partnered with a high-growth FinTech company headquartered in London that is redefining how technology and data can transform financial services. Their mission is to deliver smarter, faster, and more secure financial solutions through cutting-edge platforms powered by data. With rapid expansion … and strong investment backing, they are scaling their engineering and data capabilities to support ambitious growth plans. The Role: Our client is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to take ownership of their data infrastructure and lead the build-out of scalable, reliable, and secure data pipelines. This is a senior hands-on role … where you'll also provide technical leadership to a small but growing team. You'll work closely with data scientists, analysts, and software engineers to ensure the company's data strategy underpins their innovative financial products. Key Responsibilities: Lead the design, development, and optimisation of data pipelines and ETL processes. Architect scalable data solutions to More ❯

Lead Data Engineer, Snowflake, 4 months, Remote, CO7368 A leading software consultancy requires a Lead Data Engineer/Tech Lead with strong Snowflake skills - for the next 4 months with the likelihood of significant extension - to provide technical leadership for a prestigious client project to deliver an innovative data platform. Working remotely … and outside of IR35, the Snowflake Lead Data Engineer/Tech Lead will actively work on delivering the technical solutions whilst carrying out code reviews, setting best practices, ensuring code quality, keeping everyone aligned from a technical standpoint, and fostering good communication and collaboration. This will involve: Working with the project owner to gather ongoing requirements … from the client Improving the transparency and traceability of data through well-documented pipelines and clear data lineage. Empowering internal teams with cleaner, structured data, reducing dependence on tribal knowledge and manual interventions. Enabling future scalability by establishing robust, modular foundations Experience Required: Snowflake expertise Solid data engineering expertise including strong SQL and Python Proficiency in More ❯

Lead Data Engineer, Snowflake, 4 months, Remote, CO7368 A leading software consultancy requires a Lead Data Engineer/Tech Lead with strong Snowflake skills - for the next 4 months with the likelihood of significant extension - to provide technical leadership for a prestigious client project to deliver an innovative data platform. Working remotely … and outside of IR35, the Snowflake Lead Data Engineer/Tech Lead will actively work on delivering the technical solutions whilst carrying out code reviews, setting best practices, ensuring code quality, keeping everyone aligned from a technical standpoint, and fostering good communication and collaboration. This will involve: Working with the project owner to gather ongoing requirements … from the client Improving the transparency and traceability of data through well-documented pipelines and clear data lineage. Empowering internal teams with cleaner, structured data, reducing dependence on tribal knowledge and manual interventions. Enabling future scalability by establishing robust, modular foundations Experience Required: Snowflake expertise Solid data engineering expertise including strong SQL and Python Proficiency in More ❯

Lead Data Engineer - £65-70k + bonus + benefits - Basingstoke 3 days a week The Opportunity: We are looking for a Lead Data Engineer to join a Basingstoke based organisation who are investing heavily in their Digital Transformation Programme. The Role: There is currently 1 Data Engineer in the team and … you'll join to play a proactive role in the delivery of their next-generation data platform, manage/mentor the existing person and drive the design, development and governance of the data pipelines. You'll be working really closely with stakeholders across the technology function and within the business and will the availability, integrity and compliance of … the systems. You'll play a key role in the ownership of the core architecture/engineering across the new Azure Databricks ecosystem. You'll ensure that the data platform architecture supports availability and growth targets and that the platforms leverage advances in AI and Machine Learning capability. The Person: Key to this is proactivity - they're really looking More ❯

way the industry operates and putting customers at the heart of everything we do. Having completed our recent multi-year digital transformation, we’re now leveraging advanced technology and data-driven insights alongside exceptional service, to deliver personalised experiences that meet our customers ever-changing needs today and in the future. Job Description We are currently looking for a … Lead Data Engineer to join our forward thinking Data department. You’ll work in a team of data engineers, analytics engineers, data scientists and AI specialists to design and evolve scalable data platforms and modern data products that enable self-service analytics, advanced modelling, and AI-driven decision-making across our insurance … business. What you’ll do: Lead on data engineering projects, managing a sub- team within engineering, building out our data warehouse & pipelines Collaborate effectively across data science, analytics, product, engineering and commercial business teams Build and support esure’s data products within our industry leading platform Work with product managers, data & AI engineers to More ❯

AWS Data Engineer - VP Level Location: London (Canary Wharf)Salary: £115000 - 120000 A leading financial institution is seeking a Senior AWS Data Engineer to join a greenfield initiative focused on transforming market data access and utilization. This VP-level role offers strategic influence, technical leadership, and cross-functional collaboration across business units. Key Responsibilities:* Design … and maintain scalable data pipelines, warehouses, and lakes using AWS technologies.* Implement robust data governance, quality, and security practices.* Collaborate with data scientists to deploy machine learning models.* Lead or contribute to strategic planning, risk management, and stakeholder engagement.* Drive innovation through advanced analytics and research-based problem solving. To be successful you should have … years hands-on experience in AWS data engineering technologies, including Glue, PySpark, Athena, Iceberg, Databricks, Lake Formation, and other standard data engineering tools. Previous experience in implementing best practices for data engineering, including data governance, data quality, and data security. Proficiency in data processing and analysis using Python and SQL. Experience with data More ❯

Lead Data Engineer - Senior Decision Intelligence Analyst Our client, a national banking organisation, is seeking a sharp, commercially minded Lead Data Engineer to join their Strategic Advisory team. This is a high-impact role where you'll provide independent counsel to senior stakeholders, shape strategic direction, and drive business-critical decisions across the bank. … What You’ll Be Doing Advise Group Executives on strategic challenges and opportunities Develop financial models to support recommendations and transactions Lead market research and peer benchmarking to inform strategy Manage deal structuring, negotiations, and post-transaction integration Collaborate across teams to identify growth and optimisation initiatives Maintain and build client relationships to uncover new opportunities What We’re … Looking For Strong background in data analysis, with excellent mathematical and problem-solving skills. Proficiency in Python and SQL for data extraction, transformation, and analysis. Expertise in data-driven storage solutions and handling large, complex datasets. Good understanding of classical statistics, with the ability to apply statistical inference and established methods effectively. Strong experience in strategy development More ❯

Lead Data Engineer - Overview: We're looking for a visionary data leader to shape the future of data for a leading bank. Join now if you want to spearhead the delivery of a next-generation data platform, built on a modern Azure-Databricks ecosystem, unlocking the full potential of advanced analytics, machine learning and … AI across the business. The Role: Are you a proven data engineer, looking to step into an exciting leadership position? Reporting directly into the head of data, this position will allow you to use your Azure experience throughout exciting transformation projects and to shape the journey of the bank. Your expertise will be used to deliver projects … effectively and to support a team under you to success. Key Responsibilities: Shape the strategic roadmap - contribute to the evolution of the bank's data engineering strategy, aligning platform development with business growth. Enable AI & machine learning - ensure the data platform effectively supports advanced analytics, machine learning, and AI use cases Champion data governance - design data More ❯

Excellent opportunity for a veteran Data Engineer ready to take the lead on large-scale, data-driven projects. This is an exciting opportunity to step into a senior role where youll design and deliver innovative solutions, mentor teams, and shape the future of data engineering within a forward-thinking environment. What youll be doing As … a Lead Data Engineer, youll play a hands-on role in designing and developing data processing and persistence software components that handle data at scale. Youll work within agile teams, leading engineers, driving best practice, and ensuring robust, high-quality solutions that meet user needs. Your responsibilities will include: Designing, coding, testing, and troubleshooting complex … data components and subsystems. Leading development practices, ensuring performance, security, and operational readiness. Mentoring and coaching team members, helping them to grow and deliver to a high standard. Working closely with architects on data pipelines (ETL/ELT) and distributed data frameworks. Driving technical proposals, advising on effort estimates, and contributing to pre-sales activities. Taking responsibility More ❯

Our client at very well known Retail Giant is currently looking to hire a Senior/Lead Technical Engineer (Data/ML) based from their offices in London. As the Senior/Lead Tech Engineer (Data/ML) you will be part of build a small team and mentor during the build phase along … with the Engineering Manager. Job Title: Senior/Lead Tech Engineer (Data/ML) Location: London/Hybrid - Once a Week (Thursday) in London Duration: 6 Months Day Rate: £550 to £575prd (Inside IR35 - Umbrella) This is a greenfield based project with crossover from another tech team conducting a similar model. Interaction with Key Stakeholders and like … minded Tech Teams is essential. Working alongside the Data Scientist and Data Architect Experience at a Tech Lead/Senior Engineering Level Mentoring/Team Leading experience - Nice to have (Full Support from Engineering Manager) Hands on development/engineering background Machine Learning or Data background Technical Experience: PySpark, Python, SQL, Jupiter Cloud: AWS, Azure (Cloud More ❯

Data Engineering Lead (Azure) London (3 days in office) Up to £105,000 + 5% Bonus + Benefits Are you ready to take the lead on building a cutting-edge data platform? We're seeking a Data Engineering Lead to shape and grow data engineering capabilities at a global, forward-thinking organisation. This … is a greenfield opportunity to architect a modern Azure-based platform, lead a talented team, and make a direct impact on business-wide decision making. Why this role? Spearhead the creation of a new data platform from the ground up. Balance hands-on engineering with team leadership and mentoring. Collaborate with analysts, data scientists, and business leaders … week , remote flexibility the rest. Join a supportive and inclusive culture, with a global footprint and a focus on innovation. What you'll be doing: Designing and building scalable data pipelines to support analytics, reporting, and machine learning. Leading the implementation of Azure data solutions and ensuring robust ETL/ELT processes. Defining architecture strategies that allow for More ❯

Lead Data Engineer- £70,000 Industry: Banking and Financial Services Location : Flexible- Basingstoke (3 Days a Week) Overview of Role: This role will lead the design and optimisation of our Azure Databricks data platform , ensuring it is secure, scalable, and well governed. You'll take ownership of change controls, lineage, and documentation while driving adoption … of best practice. Alongside this, you'll support AI/ML initiatives and provide technical guidance to colleagues, driving value from data. Key Responsibilities Lead the roadmap for data engineering, ensuring alignment with business needs and regulatory requirements. Own the design and optimisation of the Azure Databricks platform, focusing on performance, resilience, and compliance. Implement change controls, lineage … and observability to detect and resolve issues. Maintain clear documentation of data pipelines, models, and governance processes. Implement tools to improve data quality, efficiency, and adoption. Support AI/ML delivery by building/optimising, ensuring platform readiness. Manage SQL workloads within Databricks, balancing cost and performance Ensure access controls, GDPR compliance, and security standards Work with other More ❯

Our client is experiencing great success in growing its diverse commercial business. In order to continue this growth they are seeking to recruit an experienced data cabling engineer with the ability of working unsupervised from drawings whilst leading and training young enthusiastic but inexperienced staff. You will have many years' practical experience of installing, terminating and testing copper … cabling. Some experience with internal fibre splicing would be helpful. The plan is that you would start as a lead engineer and then progress into a supervisory role and then into full site management. ECS or CSCS card and IPAF are essential. SSSTS would be beneficial More ❯