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Lead Data Engineer

United Kingdom🌐 Remote💼 Full-time💰 $75,000–$85,000🗓 2026-09-28 → 2026-09-30

Core

Design, develop, and optimize scalable cloud-based data platforms and pipelines to support reporting, analytics, and business requirements.

Role type

Senior hands-on IC Lead Data Engineer

Builds

Scalable data platforms, ETL/ELT pipelines, and data transformation frameworks

Domain

Cloud data engineering and modern data stack

Required skills

SQL, Python, Databricks, Snowflake, dbt, Apache Airflow, Azure Data Factory, data modeling, data warehousing, data quality principles

Preferred skills

Technical leadership, mentoring, architectural decision-making, automation design

Technologies

Databricks, Snowflake, dbt, Apache Airflow, Azure Data Factory, Python, SQL

Responsibilities

Lead design and development of scalable data pipelines; take technical ownership of data engineering solutions; work hands-on with Databricks and Snowflake; develop data transformation frameworks using dbt; design and manage data orchestration workflows; write and optimize complex SQL; drive improvements in data quality and engineering standards; provide technical leadership and mentoring to other engineers.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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