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Head of Data Engineering

London, UK💼 Full-time💰 $100,000–$100,000🗓 2026-05-21 → 2026-08-07

Core

Architecting and leading a data product platform to monetize massive UK telco behavioral datasets into high-value commercial signals.

Role type

Senior IC Head of Data Engineering (Strategy & Team Leadership)

Builds

Extensible, reusable data product platform for external partners and internal C-suite consumers

Domain

Telecommunications + Data Monetization

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Architectural strategy, team leadership (4 engineers), full-stack data experience (ingestion, ML/AI, analytics), Google Cloud expertise (BigQuery, DBT Cloud), commercial product mindset, external data product delivery, agile process management, Python/SQL coaching

Preferred skills

Building new products from scratch, experience with sensitive regulated datasets, data cleanrooms (Google/Snowflake)

Technologies

Google Cloud Platform, BigQuery, DBT Cloud, Jira, Confluence

Responsibilities

Define technical architecture for the data product platform, lead and mentor a team of Product Data Engineers, drive data quality and governance standards, prototype new technologies, align product development with commercial outcomes

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with strategic scope

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