Tech Lead - Data Engineering

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Overview
A fast growing technology company is investing heavily in its data platform as it scales its products and machine learning capabilities. The business operates a high volume, transactional platform where data is central to product development, automation, and decision making.
This is an opportunity to take technical ownership of a modern data platform, shaping how data is ingested, modelled, transformed, and consumed across the organisation. The environment values strong software engineering, pragmatic architecture, and hands on ownership of production systems.

The Role
We are hiring a Data Engineering Lead to act as the senior technical authority for the data platform. Reporting into senior engineering leadership, you will define the end to end technical direction of the data ecosystem while remaining a hands on individual contributor.
This role sits at the intersection of data engineering, platform architecture, and system design. You will be responsible for building durable, scalable data systems that support analytics, operational reporting, and machine learning driven product features.
Rather than focusing purely on pipelines, this role is about designing long lived data systems that are reliable, observable, and fit for long term...

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