Data Engineering Manager

Data Engineering Manager

We’re supporting a high-growth digital business as they build out their internal engineering function and undergo a significant data transformation. As part of this next phase, they’re hiring a Data Engineering Manager to lead a growing team of engineers focused on building scalable, real-time data infrastructure from the ground up.

🔍 About the Role

This is a strategic, hands-on leadership role where you’ll drive the technical vision, define best practices, and lead a team responsible for architecting, building, and maintaining a real-time data platform.

You’ll collaborate cross-functionally with product, analytics, and engineering teams to deliver robust, high-performance pipelines and infrastructure that power data-driven decision-making across the business.

🧠 Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and grow a team of data engineers
• Set the technical direction and oversee the delivery of real-time data solutions
• Design scalable and fault-tolerant data infrastructure in the cloud
• Drive adoption of best practices around data quality, governance, and pipeline monitoring
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align data engineering efforts with business goals
• Stay on top of new technologies and promote continuous improvement across the team

🧰 What You’ll Need

• Strong experience leading data engineering teams in high-growth environments
• Deep expertise with real-time data processing tools (e.g. Kafka, Flink, Spark Streaming)
• Solid hands-on knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP or Azure)
• Strong proficiency in languages like Python, Java or Scala
• Familiarity with orchestration tools such as Airflow or Kubernetes
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Passion for mentoring and developing engineering talent

🎁 What’s On Offer

• Competitive salary + quarterly bonus scheme
• Hybrid working with a central London HQ
• Private healthcare and market-leading benefits
• Regular team lunches, socials, and annual international offsite
• Fast-paced, innovative environment with clear scope to shape strategy
• Full ownership of team growth and platform direction