Lead Data Engineer - GCP in London
Job Description
Lead GCP Data Engineer - Insurance Industry
Location: London/Hybrid
Salary/Rate: £80,000 per annum
Job Type: Permanent/Long-term FTC
About the Role:
We are looking for a hands-on Lead GCP Data Engineer to join a strategic data platform programme for a major global insurer. You will lead the technical direction for data acquisition and onboarding, creating reusable ingestion frameworks that unify multiple business units onto a single Google Cloud Platform.
Key Responsibilities:
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Lead the design and delivery of scalable data ingestion patterns and metadata-driven pipelines.
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Establish engineering standards, reusable frameworks, and best practices across the team.
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Provide technical oversight and guide engineers to avoid one-off point-to-point integrations.
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Make data ingestion simple, repeatable, and automated for platform users.
Required Skills & Experience:
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Strong, demonstrable GCP data engineering experience.
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Proven background with ingestion engines and metadata-driven pipelines.
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Ability to define patterns, architecture, and standards across a multi-functional team.
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Strong understanding of reusable cloud engineering approaches.
The role requires the successful candite to work onsite 1 day a week either in London or York, remote the rest of the time.