Lead Data Engineer - Preston

Circle Group
Preston
2 months ago
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A Lead Data Engineer to lead the design, development, and enhancement of the data infrastructure and pipelines is required by a leading company based in Preston. The role offers Hybrid working, so 2 - 3 days in the office a week.
You must have the following:
Proven experience as a Senior or Lead data engineer
Experience handling large datasets, complex data pipelines, big data processing frameworks and technologies
AWS or Azure cloud experience
Experience with data modelling, data integration ETL processes and designing efficient data structures
Strong programming skills in Python, Java, or Scala
Data warehousing concepts and dimensional modelling experience
Any data engineering skills in Azure Databricks and Microsoft Fabric would be a bonus
This new role involves leading a data team, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement. Collaboration with cross-functional teams is essential to ensure robust, scalable, and aligned data solutions for delivering high-quality care.
The ideal candidate will lead the design and execution of cloud-based based scalable data storage solutions, oversee ETL pipeline development and optimisation, establish and manage data schemes and dictionaries, develop data integration solutions, lead data cleansing, validation, and enrichment processes.
Duties include:
Working closely with analysts and software engineers to turn the business needs into solid data engineering solutions.
You'll be on the lookout for performance bottlenecks and working to optimise data processing and query performance. This will help make sure your data pipeline is scalable and ready to handle big loads. Also be setting up monitoring frameworks to keep an eye on how your data pipeline is doing.
Be responsible for making sure that your data meets scalability and availability targets. This will involve performance tuning and other measures to keep your data running smoothly.
Taking care of data security, including access controls and encryption. You'll make sure that all sensitive data is protected and safe.
You'll be ensuring that all data handling complies with relevant data protection and privacy regulations & documenting data engineering processes and configurations to keep a detailed knowledge base.
Leading collaborations with stakeholders to align data services with business requirements.
My client is looking to pay up to £70,000 + Flexible working (2 - 3 days per week in the office). To apply, press apply now or send your CV to
Keywords: Lead Data Engineer / Azure Databricks / AWS / ETL / Python / data modelling Flexible working - Preston - Blackpool - Manchester - Warrington - Liverpool - Bolton - Blackburn
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