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# Lead Data Engineer

- **Company:** Data Idols
- **Location:** Manchester, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £75,000.0 - £85,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** BigQuery, Information Engineering, Data Systems, Cloud Services, Google Cloud, Data Ingestion, Sql Optimization, Google Bigquery
- **Published:** August 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2815451856-lead-data-engineer

## About the Role

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

## 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., 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.


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