Engineering Team Lead – Distributed Systems / Data Platforms

Engineering Team Lead – Distributed Systems / Data Platforms

Location: Manchester (Hybrid)

Salary: Up to £75,000 + bonus (15–20%) + travel allowance & benefits

Permanent, Full-time

We are recruiting for an Engineering Team Lead to join a growing technology business and lead a team working on large-scale distributed data platforms.

This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll oversee the design, development and delivery of resilient, high-availability systems that handle significant data workloads. You’ll work across a range of technologies including Riak, Cassandra, Couchbase, DynamoDB, Aerospike, Redis and MongoDB.

Direct experience with NoSQL datastores is a bonus, but not expected. We’re looking for someone with a strong software engineering or data engineering background who has led teams through data platform or backend engineering projects.

You’ll be responsible for driving best practices, mentoring developers and ensuring smooth delivery across multiple projects. A deep understanding of distributed systems, data storage and scalable architectures will be key.

Key experience required:

• Proven experience leading a software or data engineering team
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and scalable architectures
• Experience with one or more NoSQL or key-value data stores (e.g. Cassandra, Couchbase, DynamoDB, Aerospike, Redis, MongoDB, Riak)
• Background in server-side software engineering (Python, Java, C#, Go or similar)
• Familiarity with Linux environments and modern DevOps practices

This is an excellent opportunity to take ownership of technically challenging projects and shape the direction of a high-performing engineering function.