Lead Data Engineer

Lead Data Engineer - Bristol (Hybrid - 50% office) - Up to £70,000

This role is for a Lead Data Engineer to take ownership of technical delivery, provide leadership across multiple data initiatives, and play a key role in shaping modern data platforms within a large, enterprise environment.

This is an opportunity for someone who combines strong technical expertise with excellent communication and mentoring skills, and who thrives in a fast-moving, multi-project setting.

As a Lead Data Engineer, you’ll:

• Provide technical leadership and oversight across multiple data engineering projects
• Translate complex business and technical requirements into scalable, robust solutions
• Act as a subject matter expert in modern data engineering practices
• Support delivery governance, ensuring projects are completed on time and to a high standard
• Mentor and guide junior engineers and graduates, helping them grow and succeed
• Work across a mix of initiatives, from hands-on technical leadership to broader architectural input

You’ll typically balance 1–2 projects as a technical lead, while contributing to wider programme-level delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement ETL/ELT pipelines and data platforms
• Migrations from Informatica to Glue/Snowflake
• Contribute to data architecture and solution design
• Drive best practices in data quality, performance, and reliability
• Lead and support teams in a distributed (onshore/offshore) model
• Engage confidently with stakeholders across technical and non-technical teams
• Challenge and improve existing solutions where needed

Skills & Experience

• Strong experience in data engineering leadership roles (e.g. Tech Lead, Application Lead)
• Proven background in ETL/ELT, data warehousing, and big data solutions
• Experience working across multiple concurrent projects (consulting-style environments beneficial)
• Hands-on experience with cloud data platforms (e.g. AWS, Azure)
• Familiarity with tools such as AWS Glue, Azure Data Factory, Informatica (or similar)
• Experience with databases such as PostgreSQL, Redshift, Snowflake, Oracle, SQL Server
• Strong SQL skills and working knowledge of Python/PySpark
• Understanding of CI/CD in data environments
• Has strong mentoring experience and enjoys developing others
• Can demonstrate excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Interested? Hit apply or shoot me an email at adam@zebrapeople.com