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Data Engineering Team Lead
Location: Epsom
Salary: Competitive
Team: 3 direct reports, with opportunity to grow
Benefits Snapshot:
- Hybrid working (2 days office / 3 days remote) - increased time in the office during onboarding
- Private medical cover
- Excellent pension contributions and bonus scheme
- Car scheme for employees & family wellbeing support
- 25+ days holiday plus volunteering leave
- Onsite gym & other great facilities
- Flexible working and extensive training options
We're seeking an inquisitive, hands-on Data Engineering Team Lead to take ownership of a close knit, established team of data engineers and help drive technical delivery during a period of increasing demand and change.
This role is ideal for a senior or lead-level data engineer who enjoys staying close to the technology while beginning or continuing a move into people leadership. You'll provide oversight, set priorities and ensure the team is focused on the right work (while enabling the team to take initiative).
The environment is fast paced, so the successful individual will be comfortable rolling up their sleeves, understanding complex data challenges and guiding the team through them.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and prioritise day to day workload for the Data Services team
- Remain hands-on with data engineering, modelling and remediation work
- Oversee ETL pipelines, data processing and release cycles
- Review solutions, troubleshoot issues and drive continuous improvement
- Support and develop engineers through coaching and technical leadership
- Work closely with BI and technology teams, acting as the bridge between data services and downstream consumers
- Contribute to the evolution of the data warehouse and future cloud-based platform
Skills & Experience:
- Strong hands-on technical background in data engineering
- Proven experience with ETL tooling (Informatica or similar - essential)
- Advanced SQL and experience working with large, complex datasets
- Experience with data modelling / data warehouse development
- Familiarity with Oracle data environments is beneficial
- Exposure to cloud platforms is highly desirable
- Experience working with SFTP, APIs is a plus
About You:
- A natural communicator with strong prioritisation who can bring structure to a busy workload
- Comfortable leading an established, technically strong team
- Confident challenging ways of working and driving improvements
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