Lead Data Engineer

Job Description

The Data Platform That Decides Everything

Some companies say they’re “data-driven.”

This one actually is.

Every pricing decision. Every risk calculation. Every customer insight. Every machine learning model — all powered by a data platform that sits right at the heart of the business.

It’s already strong.

But now it needs a technical leader to take it further.

The Business (A Bit of Context)

This is a well-funded InsurTech, operating at the heart of the London insurance market.

They’re also a certified B Corp — which means commercial success and responsible business aren’t competing priorities here, they go hand in hand.

Backed by serious investment and with genuine global reach, they’re scaling fast — building products and capabilities that are reshaping how insurance is delivered and experienced.

Data is central to that journey.

Your Mission

This isn’t about maintaining pipelines.

This is about owning a platform that influences how an entire organisation thinks, decides, and scales.

As Lead Data Engineer, you’ll take full ownership of a modern cloud-based data ecosystem — evolving it into something more scalable, more resilient, and more intelligent.

Alongside this, you’ll lead and develop two Data Engineers — setting direction, raising standards, and creating an environment where they can do their best work.

You’ll design and build systems that power everything from business intelligence to real-time analytics and machine learning — and ensure they perform flawlessly under pressure.

What You’ll Be Leading

Imagine stepping into a role where you:

• Define the architectural vision for a growing data platform
• Build pipelines that support both batch and real-time use cases
• Drive cost optimisation, performance, and reliability across the stack
• Lead the development of MLOps capabilities
• Manage, mentor, and elevate two Data Engineers
• Set the standard for engineering excellence across the team

You won’t just contribute — you’ll shape how data engineering is done.

Your Impact

Your work will directly affect:

• How commercial teams price and manage risk
• How product teams build smarter, data-led features
• How leadership makes fast, confident decisions

And through your leadership, you’ll multiply that impact by enabling others to deliver at a higher level.

This is a role where engineering meets real business impact — daily.

What You’ll Bring

You’re already operating at a senior or lead level, and you:

• Think in architecture, not just pipelines
• Are strong in Python, SQL, and cloud-based data platforms
• Have built or scaled modern data ecosystems (lakehouse, streaming, orchestration)
• Care about data quality, observability, and performance
• Have experience leading or mentoring engineers, and enjoy developing others

You can zoom out to strategy — and dive into code when needed.

The Environment

London-based (hybrid — 2 days per week in a central office)

Salary: £90,000 – £100,000

Modern stack including AWS, Snowflake, dbt, Terraform, orchestration tools

You’ll be working in a business that values:

• Ownership and autonomy
• Clear thinking over complexity
• Continuous improvement and experimentation

What Success Looks Like

Within the first year:

• The platform scales seamlessly with growing demand
• Data becomes more trusted, accessible, and actionable
• Your team operates with confidence, clarity, and high standards
• New capabilities — real-time, ML, advanced analytics — are delivered with confidence

Why This Role?

Because this isn’t just another data engineering job.

It’s a chance to lead — technically and people-wise — within a business that has the funding, ambition, and values to actually follow through.

Interested?

You don’t need to be actively looking.

But if you’re open to building something that genuinely matters — it’s worth a conversation.

Apply or get in touch for a confidential discussion.

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