Lead Data Engineer

Responsibilities

• Lead by example, holding responsibilities for team culture, and how projects deliver the most impact and value to our clients.

• Be accountable for the strategic direction, delivery and growth of our work.

• Lead teams, strands of work and outcomes, owning commercial responsibilities.

• Hold and manage uncertainty and ambiguity on behalf of clients and our teams.

• Ensure teams and projects are inclusive through how you lead and manage others.

• Effectively own and hold the story of our work, ensuring we measure progress against client goals and our DT missions.

• Work with our teams to influence and own how we deliver more value to clients, working with time and budget constraints.

• Strategically plan the overall project and apply methods and approaches.

• Demonstrably share work with wider audiences.

• Elevate ideas through how you write, speak and present.

Skills

Data Development Process

• Design, build and test data products that are complex or large scale
• Build and lead teams to complete data integration services integration and reusable pipelines that meet performance, quality and scalability standards
• Collaborate with architects to align solutions with enterprise data strategy and target architectures

Data Engineering and Manipulation

• Work with data analysts, engineers and data science and AI specialists to design and deliver products into the organisation effectively.
• Understand the reasons for cleansing and preparing data before including it in data products and can put reusable processes and checks in place.
• Access and use a range of architectures (including cloud and on-premise) and data manipulation and transformation tools deployed within the organisation.
• Optimise data pipelines and queries for performance and cost efficiency in distributed environments

Testing (Data)

• Review requirements and specifications, and define system integration testing conditions for complex data products and support others to do the same
• Identify and manage issues and risks associated with complex data products and support others to do the same
• Analyse and report system test activities and results for complex data products and support others to do the same

Other Skills

• Proficiency in developing and maintaining complex data models (conceptual, logical and physical).
• Strong skills in data governance and metadata management.
• Experience with data integration design and implementation.
• Ability to write efficient, maintainable code for large scale data systems.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, version control, and infrastructure-as-code (e.g. Git, Azure DevOps).
• Strong stakeholder communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts into business terms.
• Ability to mentor junior engineers, foster collaboration, and build a high-performing data engineering culture.

We're a purpose driven organisation, supporting organisations to build a better future for people, places and the planet. Combining vast experience in the public, private and third sectors and expertise in human-centred design, data, experience and technology, we’re creating sustainable solutions ready for an ever-evolving world.

At the heart of TPXimpact, we’re collaborative and empathetic. We’re a team of passionate people who care deeply about the work we do and the impact we have in the world. We know that change happens through people, with people and for people. That’s why we believe in people-powered transformation.

Working in close collaboration with our clients, we seek to understand their unique challenges, questioning assumptions and building in their teams the capabilities and confidence to continue learning, iterating and adapting.

Benefits Include:

• 30 days holiday + bank holidays
• 2 volunteer days for causes that you are passionate about
• Maternity/paternity - 6 months Maternity Leave, 3 months Paternity Leave
• Life assurance
• Employer pension contribution of 5%
• Health cash plan
• Personal learning and development budget
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Green incentive programmes including Electric Vehicle Leasing and the Cycle to Work Scheme
• Health assessments

About TPXimpact - Digital Transformation

We drive fundamental change in approaches to product and service development, delivery and technology. Our agile, multidisciplinary teams use technology, design and data to deliver better results, improving outcomes for individuals, organisations and communities.

By working in the open, in partnership with our clients, we not only transform their systems and services but also build the capability of their teams, so work can continue without us in the longer term. Our focus is sustainable change, always delivered with positive impact.

We’re an inclusive employer, and we care about diversity in our teams. Let us know in your application if you have accessibility requirements during the interview.