At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the Data Platform team and shape technical direction for innovative data solutions.
- Company: Join a diverse and inclusive global company committed to reimagining the labour market.
- Benefits: Enjoy 29 days holiday, private healthcare, hybrid work, and a dog-friendly office.
- Other info: Embrace a dynamic environment with opportunities for professional growth and collaboration.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on cutting-edge data platforms while mentoring future tech leaders.
- Qualifications: Experience in data platforms and cloud-native architectures is essential.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 90000 £ per year.
Join our team and you’ll be responsible for providing technical leadership for our Data Platform team, defining technical direction and driving architectural decisions across data, platform and infrastructure domains. Working in the Data Platform department you will build scalable, reliable and well‑governed data platform capabilities that support analytics, AI and business‑critical products, while collaborating closely with Engineering Managers, Product Managers and Enterprise Architects.
Your responsibilities:
- Define and evolve the technical vision, roadmap and architecture of the Data Platform, driving decisions across data, platform and infrastructure domains.
- Establish engineering standards, best practices and reusable patterns while partnering with Enterprise Architecture and influencing technical direction.
- Drive engineering excellence by improving code quality, testing, observability, reliability and operational practices.
- Support end‑to‑end delivery by guiding teams through complex technical challenges, improving decision‑making, and contributing to planning and risk management.
- Mentor engineers, grow senior technical capabilities and champion AI‑assisted development and engineering automation.
Qualifications:
- Proven experience as a Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer or in an equivalent senior individual contributor leadership role.
- Strong background in data platforms, distributed systems and cloud‑native architectures, with experience shaping technical direction across teams and stakeholders.
- Solid expertise in relevant technologies such as AWS, Terraform, Kafka/MSK, Airflow, Glue or Spark, and building scalable data solutions.
- Experience with modern data ecosystems including data lakes/lakehouse architectures, Iceberg or similar table formats, as well as batch and streaming processing.
- Knowledge of data quality, governance, cataloguing and observability tools (e.g. Datadog), with DBT or AI‑assisted engineering practices as a plus.
Your benefits:
- 29 days holiday allowance + bank holidays.
- Private medical and dental healthcare.
- Pension contribution up to 10%.
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme.
- Life Assurance Cover.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Hybrid working model.
- Volunteering days and you can bring your dog to the office!
Our commitment: Equal opportunities are important to us. We believe that diversity and inclusion at The Stepstone Group are critical to our success as a global company, so we want to recruit, develop, and keep the best talent. We encourage applications from everyone, regardless of background, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, ethnicity, belief, age, family or parental status, and any other characteristic.
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Graphcore is an exceptional employer located in the vibrant city of Bristol, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration. Employees benefit from competitive salaries, flexible working arrangements, and generous leave policies, alongside opportunities for professional growth in cutting-edge AI technology. With a focus on employee well-being, including private medical insurance, Graphcore stands out as a rewarding place to build a meaningful career.
