Lead Data Engineer
Summary
Lead Data Engineer in the Home Office's National Data Quality Improvement Service in Salford (hybrid, 2 days remote). You design and run end-to-end data pipelines, ETL integrations, text-analysis and automation workflows that improve the quality of police-recorded crime data, while shaping the data engineering roadmap and championing data quality and governance.
Lead Data Engineer
Company: Government Recruitment Service
Salary: from £62,732 a year
Hours: Full-time
Location: Salford
Working pattern: Hybrid - 2 days remote
Job type: Permanent
Posting date: 26 Oct 2026
Closing date: 9 Nov 2026
This role will be based in National Data Quality Improvement Service (NDQIS) team. NDQIS is a national service for policing that uses rule based to improve the quality, consistency and comparability of police recorded crime data submitted to the Home Office.
As a Lead Data Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, delivering and supporting high-quality end-to-end data solutions that enable effective data-driven decision making. Working across the full delivery lifecycle, you will translate complex business requirements into robust, scalable and secure data pipelines, ensuring compliance with Home Office data quality, governance and security standards.
You will lead the design and implementation of complex data integrations and text analysis methodologies, ETL processes and automated workflows, bringing together information from multiple internal and external sources. Working closely with technical and business stakeholders, you will ensure solutions are reliable, resilient and aligned with organisational objectives.
You will shape and implement the data engineering vision and roadmap, promoting best practice, innovation and continuous improvement. Driving automation and championing data quality, you will ensure solutions remain maintainable, cost-effective and scalable. You will build strong relationships across technical and non-technical communities, influencing decision-making and ensuring services align with organisational priorities and user needs.
Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. Where this is the case, employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in the office. Applicants can raise any queries to the email address at the bottom of the advert.
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