Lead Data Engineer

Data Idols
Manchester, United Kingdom
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
£ 85K

Job location

Manchester, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Google BigQuery
Data as a Services
Information Engineering
Data Systems
SQL Databases
Google Cloud Platform
Data Ingestion
Google BigQuery

Job description

This role sits within a modern data engineering function and focuses on designing robust, scalable architectures for data ingestion and analytics, with BigQuery at the core. You'll play a key role in setting technical standards, ensuring governance, and shaping best practices across the platform.

The Opportunity

As the Lead Data Engineer and expert in BigQuery and GCP data services, you'll guide teams on how to build efficient, compliant, and future-proof solutions. You'll balance hands-on delivery with mentorship, ensuring solutions meet performance, scalability, and regulatory expectations.

This role is well suited to someone who enjoys deep technical problem-solving, influencing standards, and mentoring others in a cloud-native data environment.

Requirements

Strong experience designing data solutions on Google Cloud Platform Deep hands-on expertise with Google BigQuery, including architecture, optimisation, and advanced SQL Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines Ability to influence technical direction and support other engineers through mentorshipIf you are looking for a new challenge, then please submit your CV for initial screening and more details.

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