Lead Data Engineer - London
Summary
Lead Data Engineer at a fast-growing AI SaaS company in London: hands-on leadership building scalable cloud data platforms, ETL/ELT pipelines and engineering standards while mentoring a team and productionising ML solutions with AI engineers. Core stack: Python, SQL, Azure/AWS/GCP, CI/CD.
As Lead Data Engineer in a fast-growing AI SaaS company, you shape and scale the Data Engineering function while staying hands-on with core technology. You’ll build scalable data platforms, establish engineering standards, and mentor a team as the role evolves toward broader Data Engineering leadership. You’ll collaborate with AI engineers to productionise ML solutions and explore AI-driven productivity improvements. This is a hands-on leadership position with impact on product quality, delivery, and engineering culture.
Pay / Benefits- hybrid working arrangement (London, Mon–Thu in office; Fri remote)
- competitive salary 85,000–95,000
- referral schemes
- gift/voucher scheme
- opportunity to grow into Head of Data Engineering
- collaborative, innovative environment
- Lead, mentor and grow a team of Data Engineers
- Design and build scalable data pipelines and cloud-based platforms
- Develop robust ETL and ELT solutions with Python and SQL
- Define engineering standards, data models and best practices
- Drive CI/CD, automation and modern engineering practices
- Collaborate with AI engineers to productionise ML/AI solutions
- Explore AI-enabled enhancements for engineering productivity and delivery
- Strong experience with Python and SQL
- Expertise building modern data platforms on Azure, AWS or GCP
- Strong ETL/ELT engineering experience
- Data modelling and data warehousing expertise
- CI/CD, Git and engineering best practices
- Previous experience leading, mentoring or developing engineers
- Leadership and mentoring
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Strong communication
- Python
- SQL
- Azure/AWS/GCP