Overview
We are seeking an experienced Data Engineering Lead to spearhead our Data Product Feature Team in delivering high-quality data solutions for a client in the banking industry. The successful candidate will take on a hands-on leadership role, guiding a team of six Senior Data Engineers by providing technical direction, ensuring engineering standards are met, and remaining actively involved in coding and technical problem-solving. This position will require collaboration with various teams to shape effective engineering solutions while contributing to cloud migration and data platform modernization initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage a team of six Senior Data Engineers within the Data Product Feature Team.
- Own the technical direction and engineering delivery across the team.
- Provide hands-on technical leadership across Python, SQL, and cloud-based data engineering.
- Set and maintain coding standards, engineering best practices, and development approaches.
- Review code and technical designs, providing guidance and constructive challenge to Senior Data Engineers.
- Design and oversee scalable data pipelines, transformations, and data processing solutions.
- Lead engineering delivery across GCP services including BigQuery, Dataflow, Dataproc, and Cloud Storage.
- Mentor and support Senior Data Engineers while maintaining accountability for delivery and technical quality.
Requirements
- Strong hands-on background in data engineering with experience as a Data Engineering Lead, Lead Data Engineer, or similar.
- Proven experience leading and managing a team of experienced Data Engineers.
- Strong hands-on coding experience using Python and SQL.
- Experience designing and building scalable data pipelines and transformation solutions.
- Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform and related data technologies.
- Experience with dbt or similar data transformation tooling.
- Strong understanding of data engineering principles, coding standards, testing, and CI/CD.
- Comfortable joining a contract engagement and taking ownership of a team and delivery from the outset.