At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead two dynamic teams in data integration and high-volume processing for energy retail.
- Company: Innovative SaaS platform transforming the energy sector across the UK and Europe.
- Benefits: Up to £110,000 salary, 25% bonus, and fully remote work options.
- Other info: Opportunity to make a real impact in a fast-growing, collaborative environment.
- Why this job: Play a central role in evolving data functions with cutting-edge technology.
- Qualifications: Proven leadership in data engineering, with hands-on experience in Databricks, Spark, and Python.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
Our client is a SaaS platform for the energy retail sector, delivering cloud-native billing, customer management, and financial insight to energy suppliers across the UK and Europe. Following a recent acquisition, the business is expanding its AI product roadmap, with data engineering central to that ambition.
The role involves owning two teams totalling around 12-13 people: one focused on new data source integration, governance frameworks, and testing/deployment maturity, and one on high-volume, time-critical processing with daily client-facing deadlines around financial reporting. This is a hands-on technical leadership role, not a pure people-management position. You'll be close enough to the architecture and technical direction to hold a credible conversation with senior engineers, spot why a pipeline isn't working, and guide the team toward a fix, without needing to write the code yourself.
What we're looking for:
- A genuine track record of improving how a team delivers: process maturity, delivery metrics, continuous improvement, not just managing what's already working.
- Specific, evidenced examples of turning around underperforming teams or systems, not general leadership philosophy.
- Deep, hands-on experience with Databricks, Spark, Python, and SQL.
- Comfort with AWS, Azure, or GCP (AWS preferred, others fully considered).
- Experience building or maturing data governance frameworks: access control, retention policies, data quality.
- Proven leadership of teams of 8+, ideally across more than one function.
- A background in regulated or sensitive data environments is a plus.
What's on offer:
- Up to £110,000 base salary.
- Discretionary bonus of up to 25%.
- Fully remote, anywhere in the UK (occasional visits to a local office).
- A genuinely central role in how the business's data function evolves, not a siloed back-office function.
Data Engineering Manager employer: Wave Group
Wave Group is an excellent employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration in the heart of London. Employees benefit from competitive salaries, flexible hybrid working arrangements, and opportunities for professional growth while contributing to impactful projects that modernize policing through advanced AI solutions.
