102 jobs
Databricks London
Hands-on technical leader who guides a small team of around five engineers while staying deep in the engineering work, driving architecture, design and code on the hardest problems. The team builds Lakebase, a managed Postgres transactional layer, across areas such as platform reliability, the network proxy data path, or distributed storage in Rust.
Vaerdi Recruitment Limited London £750 pd
Hands-on lead architecture role shaping data architecture for a major financial services technology programme. Involves designing scalable, distributed data solutions, developing complex data models, and applying Domain-Driven Design, with heavy use of NoSQL technologies, particularly Cassandra. Provides architectural direction while remaining technically hands-on, working closely with technical teams.
Socium Recruitment Manchester £90,000 – £100,000 pa
Owns the data engineering strategy, architecture and roadmap for an established online business, leading a team of ten through a migration from on-prem SQL to Azure. Sets engineering standards across data modelling, pipelines, governance and automated deployments, and makes the calls on tooling, budget and suppliers while reporting into the C-suite. Microsoft Fabric adoption and practical AI use are open questions the role holder will shape.
WeDoTech London £100,000 – £140,000 pa
Hands-on Staff-level role leading a large-scale data engineering modernisation, migrating thousands of pipelines across AWS. You'll stay deeply technical in Python, PySpark and Spark, shape scalable frameworks and standards, and champion AI-assisted development across multiple engineering teams.
WeDoTech London £800 – £1,000 pd
A hands-on Staff-level role leading a major data estate modernisation for a UK financial services organisation, migrating large-scale pipelines and building new data products. You will shape architecture and engineering patterns while remaining deeply involved in Python, PySpark, Spark, AWS Glue and Airflow, and champion AI-assisted development across multiple teams.
Tenth Revolution Group Bampton £90,000 – £110,000 pa
Hands-on senior role designing and building scalable data platforms and pipelines that power analytics, machine learning and AI systems for enterprise clients. Involves Data-as-a-Service capabilities, secure data services and APIs, plus governance, lineage and observability best practices, with scope to build and lead a wider data function.
Tenth Revolution Group London £75,000 – £110,000 pa
Lead customer-facing Microsoft Fabric and Azure Data Platform engagements, running discovery workshops, shaping data strategy and designing modern Lakehouse architectures. Combines technical leadership, pre-sales input and mentoring of consultants within a growing Data & AI practice, while remaining hands-on with SQL, Python and tools like Data Factory and Synapse.
Harnham - Data and Analytics Recruitment Hounslow £100,000 – £110,000 pa
Lead enterprise-scale data engineering initiatives, combining hands-on technical leadership with mentoring Data and Senior Data Engineers. Drive design, build and operation of secure, scalable data pipelines and products, define engineering standards and automated testing, and improve platform reliability, observability and cost efficiency. Includes participation in an on-call rota supporting business-critical data products.
Harnham - Data and Analytics Recruitment London £110,000 pa
Lead technical direction across a modern cloud data platform built on AWS, Snowflake and dbt, staying hands-on while unblocking engineers on complex issues. Combines mentoring a team of engineers with influencing senior stakeholders and shaping engineering standards in a federated data model.
Adria Solutions Manchester £70,000 – £90,000 pa
Hands-on lead role owning an existing data estate and building a modern, scalable platform supporting BI, Data Science and Applied AI. Involves modernising SQL Server, SSIS and Power BI, developing batch and real-time processing, lakehouse architecture on AWS, and line-managing a small team of Data Engineers.
Datatech London £80,000 – £90,000 pa
Build and lead a new data engineering function at a scaling AI-powered SaaS business, owning engineering standards, tooling and delivery practices. Stay hands-on with SQL transformation pipelines, Python orchestration, data modelling, CI/CD and production reliability, while line-managing and developing engineers and integrating AI outputs into production pipelines.
SoCode London £100,000 – £130,000 pa
Take technical ownership of a large-scale analytical data platform, leading architecture, performance and cost optimisation of multi-tenant ClickHouse/OLAP systems. Build automation, observability and capacity management, shape a secure Data-as-a-Service offering and the data foundations for agentic AI, while mentoring and line-managing a small team hands-on.
Vermelo RPO Salford
Senior technical authority for a Databricks Lakehouse platform, defining engineering standards, architecture and best practices across the enterprise data ecosystem. Leads design and delivery of scalable data products using Databricks, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog and Azure Data Services, and provides technical leadership, coaching and mentoring across multiple squads. Hybrid role requiring two days a week in Manchester, Stoke or Peterborough.
Morson Edge Heathrow, United States £625 – £650 pd
Lead data and AI engineering work for a major airline, focused on AWS, Snowflake and CI/CD pipelines. The role is inside IR35 and requires one to two days per week on-site at Heathrow, with the remainder likely remote.
Amplius Peterborough £53,560 pa
Lead enterprise data governance across a large housing provider, chairing the Data & Metrics Council and building a Data Steward Network. Hands-on role covering MDM (matching, survivorship, golden records), data catalogue, glossary, lineage and quality scorecards, plus privacy and audit compliance. Sole owner driving practical implementation rather than policy writing alone.
