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Senior Engineering Team Lead - Analytics Platform

London, England, gbFull-time£135k–£175k2026-11-03 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Lead the Data Lakehouse Platform team to build and maintain petabyte-scale data infrastructure, enabling ML/AI solutions and business growth for Wise's global money transfer platform.

Role type

Senior Engineering Team Lead (Analytics Platform)

Builds

Petabyte-scale data lakehouse platform, ML/AI capabilities, and analytical services for internal teams.

Domain

Fintech / Data Engineering / Cloud Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Distributed systems design, microservices architecture, cloud deployment, security and privacy principles, agile leadership, stakeholder management, vendor negotiation, observability, test coverage best practices.

Preferred skills

AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, data warehousing, BI tooling, payment platforms, foreign exchange.

Responsibilities

Lead and grow engineering teams, guide sustainable platform growth, ensure high availability and security of cloud services, negotiate vendor contracts, design scalable distributed systems, mentor staff and junior leaders.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities