Head of Data Engineering

• Be influential in the direction of the organisation.
• Collaborate with the CDO and Head of Data Science.
• Backed data strategy and investment from new CDO.

A specialist financial service institution is looking for a Head of Data Engineering & Architecture to scale the data platform and the data platform team.

What you'll be doing

As the Head of Data Engineering, you will build and manage a team of talented cloud data engineers to enhance the data platform as part of the new data strategy. There are a number of sources that need to be integrated into the platform which you require you to lead on the architecture of said sources.

Data governance will be the backbone of the platform so that effective data science and business intelligence activities can be carried out. Therefore, you will liaise with other heads of departments and teams to ensure that the platform is fit for purpose as it scales. 

What you'll need to apply

• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases
• Comfortable hands-on with either Python, Java or Scala
• Confident leading data engineers and setting standards
• Excellent understanding of business use cases for analytics and how to provide the data
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills

What you'll get in return for your experience

A base salary of up to £100k plus & benefits. The data team will triple in size over the next 12 months so this is a great chance to be a key part of enabling the business to become fully data-driven.

The role is offered largely remote with the expectation to go into the office 1 or 2 days p/month depending on requirements. The role can be offered fully remote to UK-based candidates too.

What's next  

Please apply with an up-to-date CV today. Don't hesitate to call/email to discuss the finer details.