Data Engineering Manager
Summary
A senior data engineering manager role at an AI SaaS company in London (hybrid): leading a small team of data engineers, owning delivery and standards, reviewing SQL and code, and translating customer requirements into data solutions, with a path toward Head of Data Engineering.
As Data Engineer Manager you will lead and grow the data engineering function within a fast-growing AI SaaS environment. You will manage a small team, own delivery, and work closely with customers and cross-functional teams to translate requirements into solid data solutions. The role combines leadership with hands-on review of SQL and code to guide technical decisions. This is a senior, impact-focused position with a clear path toward Head of Data Engineering, offering scale, responsibility, and customer-facing influence.
Pay / Benefits- hybrid work arrangement (London)
- competitive salary 85,000 - 95,000
- senior leadership path towards Head of Data Engineering
- opportunity to influence AI SaaS product data solutions
- Lead and develop a team of Data Engineers
- Own delivery plans, priorities and engineering standards
- Manage customer relationships and translate requirements into practical data solutions
- Review SQL, code and technical approaches
- Collaborate with Product, AI and Engineering teams
- Improve processes, quality and ways of working to scale the function
- Experience leading or managing Data Engineering teams
- Strong people management and mentoring skills
- Excellent SQL knowledge, with Python and modern data platform experience
- Experience delivering customer-facing data products or solutions
- Confidence working with external customers and senior stakeholders
- Decisive, commercially aware and delivery-focused approach
- SaaS/product-led/scale-up experience beneficial
- people management
- mentoring
- communication with stakeholders
- SQL
- Python
- modern data platform experience