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Lead Data Platform Engineer

London, England, United Kingdom💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-13 → 2026-09-25

Core

Senior technical lead for a unified data platform, combining architectural design authority with team management and delivery oversight for cloud infrastructure and data pipelines.

Role type

Senior IC Lead Data Platform Engineer (Hybrid IC/Manager)

Builds

Scalable, secure cloud data platforms and data engineering workstreams

Domain

Healthcare / Data Engineering / Cloud Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure

Required skills

Cloud platform design, secure data architecture, Python, SQL, PySpark/Spark, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, Git/GitHub, Engineering standards definition, Technical mentorship

Preferred skills

OCI, Databricks, Multi-region operations, Vendor partnership management

Technologies

OCI, Databricks, PySpark, Spark, Python, SQL, Git, GitHub

Responsibilities

Produce detailed technical designs for cloud infrastructure and data pipelines; Define integration patterns and component specifications; Manage day-to-day delivery of platform and data engineering workstreams; Mentor and scope work for data engineers; Conduct architectural reviews and define engineering standards; Provide technical expertise for vendor partnerships and client proposals.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities

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