Lead Data Engineer

Lead Data Engineer

Salary: £80,000 + 10% Bonus

Location: 3 Days in Office (Basingstoke)

Lead the build of a next‑gen data platform powering advanced analytics and AI at a fast‑growing challenger institution shaping the future of modern finance.

The Opportunity
This opportunity offers the chance to lead the build‑out of a next‑generation data platform that underpins advanced analytics, machine learning, and AI capabilities for a growing financial services organisation. The business operates as a modern challenger in the market, delivering specialist lending and savings products while investing heavily in data‑driven transformation. In this role, you'll take ownership of core architecture and engineering practices across a modern Azure‑Databricks ecosystem, shaping best practices and governance across the data landscape.

You'll collaborate with senior stakeholders to translate strategic goals into scalable solutions and mentor engineers as you uplift capability across the organisation. Alongside a high‑impact remit, the company offers strong benefits, hybrid flexibility, and a culture that values wellbeing, professional development, and engineering excellence.

Role and Responsibilities

The role centres on leading the delivery of a next‑generation data platform, taking ownership of architecture, engineering standards, and best‑practice data governance across the organisation. You'll design and develop scalable data pipelines within a modern Azure ecosystem, working with technologies such as Azure Synapse, Databricks, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, and Databricks SQL. Responsibilities include overseeing pipeline orchestration, implementing data quality controls, monitoring and alerting, and managing data lineage, glossaries, and dictionaries to ensure accuracy and compliance.

You'll collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to translate strategic goals into robust data solutions while driving Agile delivery and strong documentation practices. Additionally, you'll mentor junior engineers, champion engineering excellence, and help uplift data capability across the business.

Interview Process

1. Introductory Conversation
2. Numerical and Verbal Reasoning Assessment
3. C-Suite Stakeholder Interview

Lead the delivery of a next‑generation Azure-Databricks data platform, owning architecture, engineering standards, and high‑quality pipeline development across the business, apply now.