Lead Data Engineer (Teradata/Hadoop)
Summary
Lead Data Engineer designing and implementing large-scale data pipelines using Teradata, Hadoop/Cloudera, and Spark within a banking environment. The role involves technical leadership, performance optimization, and infrastructure automation using Terraform and CI/CD tools.
What you'll do Architecture & Development:
Lead the design and implementation of scalable batch, streaming, and API-based data pipelines, historical-data processing frameworks, SCD/CDC mechanisms, and semantic-layer data products. Performance & Optimisation:
Optimise complex SQL queries, Spark workloads, partition strategies, and storage frameworks for large-volume processing within regulated enterprise banking environments. Infrastructure & Automation:
Implement infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and establish automated CI/CD pipelines, containerised deployments, and rigorous testing standards. Leadership & Collaboration:
Drive code reviews, enforce engineering standards, mentor junior engineers, and partner closely with architects, product teams, DevOps, and business stakeholders.
What You Will Need to Succeed Education:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline Experience:
At least 10 years of data-engineering experience, with technical leadership in Teradata and Hadoop/big-data delivery. Preferred Certifications:
Teradata, Cloudera, Databricks, Cloud Data Engineering, or Terraform Core Technologies:
Teradata, Hadoop/Cloudera, Spark, Hive, Impala, HBase, SQL, Python, Scala/Java, Kafka, Airflow, and Denodo. Infrastructure & DevOps:
Terraform, Kubernetes/OpenShift, Git, and CI/CD automation tools. Domain Expertise:
Enterprise banking data (Customer, Payments, Risk, Finance, AML, and Regulatory Reporting) with a strong focus on data quality, reconciliation, lineage, and historical reconstruction. Core Competencies:
Demonstrated technical leadership, disciplined delivery in regulated settings, exceptional communication skills, and accountability for production-ready outcomes.