Manage and mentor a high-performing team, fostering a culture of technical excellence, psychological safety, and continuous delivery.
Define the Data Engineering team vision, balancing immediate business needs with a long-term shift towards a self-service data mesh architecture.
Oversee the development of core data pipelines and platform tools, ensuring high performance for ingestion services.
Ensure the implementation of robust ETL/ELT pipelines and scalable models (Kimball/Data Vault), maintaining overall warehouse health.
Champion DevOps best practices, utilising Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD to ensure platform resilience.
Partner with Data Architects and Governance teams to embed security, compliance, and robust system design into the platform.

Proven experience managing high-performing data engineering teams, including performance management, mentoring, and hiring.
Strong background in Data Engineering with the ability to manage SQL-heavy workflows and complex data pipelines.
Strong knowledge of modern stacks, including Cloud Warehouses (BigQuery, Snowflake), Transformation (Dataform, dbt), and Python orchestration.
Ability to design distributed systems capable of handling massive datasets and high-frequency streams.
Production experience with containerisation (Kubernetes, Docker) and Infra-as-Code(Terraform).
You can advise senior stakeholders on applying Data Engineering to solve complex business problems and are comfortable facilitating cross-functional design sessions.
Foster a positive, inclusive, and collaborative team environment

An industry benchmarked salary
Share Options and a Save as You Earn scheme.
Flexible remote working with the option to visit our London hubs for team meetings and company events.
You'll have access to a range of hot desking spaces around the UK
Electric Car salary sacrifice scheme through Tusker
Discount on our services and you get our coveted Cashback Card for free.
You’ll also get access to 100s of rewards and discounts through Perkbox
A matched contribution pension scheme and life assurance up to 4x your salary.
You can also access free mortgage advice and a financial wellbeing tool.
Family-friendly policies, designed to help you and your family thrive.
Discounted private health insurance, access to an Employee Assistance line and a free Virtual GP.
Our wellbeing app Unmind supports your mental health.
Belonging groups that help UW shape an even more inclusive future.
A commitment to helping you develop your career journey through learning, coaching and new experiences

Data Engineering Manager

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