Lead Data Engineer (Kafka/Kinesis)

Lead Data Engineer (Kafka/Kinesis)

Full-Time 100000 - 100000 £ / year (est.) No working from home possible
Harnham

At a Glance

  • Tasks: Lead the design and development of a cutting-edge data platform for AI-driven products.
  • Company: Join an innovative, venture-backed company revolutionising property management with AI.
  • Benefits: Earn up to £100,000 with great perks and a dynamic work environment.
  • Other info: Hands-on leadership role with opportunities for personal and professional growth.
  • Why this job: Take ownership of impactful projects and shape the future of data architecture.
  • Qualifications: Strong skills in Python, data architecture, and both batch and streaming processing.

The predicted salary is between 100000 - 100000 £ per year.

This is a great opportunity to join a high‑growth organisation where you can take ownership of building and architecting a greenfield data platform for an AI‑driven product.

THE COMPANY

This is an early‑stage, venture‑backed company building the operating system for modern property management through its AI platform.

THE ROLE

You will take ownership of the entire data architecture, acting as the most senior individual contributor within Data Engineering. This is a hands‑on leadership role focused on technical ownership rather than people management.

  • Designing and owning the company's data architecture from the ground up
  • Building scalable batch and real‑time data pipelines
  • Developing data ingestion, storage, and transformation frameworks
  • Supporting AI and machine learning infrastructure, including vector search systems
  • Implementing data quality, monitoring, and observability practices
  • Collaborating closely with AI, backend engineering, and product teams
  • Optimising performance, scalability, and reliability of large datasets
  • Influencing long‑term technical strategy and laying foundations for the data function

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

You will bring strong capability in:

  • Python development and building scalable distributed data systems
  • Data architecture design and pipeline development
  • Batch and streaming data processing
  • Relational databases (PostgreSQL or similar)
  • NoSQL and modern vector databases (e.g., Qdrant, Milvus, pgvector)

THE BENEFITS

You will receive a salary of up to £100,000 depending on experience.

HOW TO APPLY

Please register your interest by sending your CV to Molly Bird via the apply link on this page.

Harnham

Contact Details:

Harnham Recruitment Team

We think you need these skills to ace Lead Data Engineer (Kafka/Kinesis)

SQL
Python
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Data Engineering
Data Governance
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