Data Engineering Team Lead

A leading FTSE 100 fintech is looking for a Data Engineering Team Lead to join its global Data function and play a key role in the next phase of its data platform transformation.

This is an opportunity to take ownership of a critical engineering function within a large-scale, international environment, leading a team of Data Engineers across London, India and Poland .

The organisation is undertaking a major consolidation of its data estate onto GCP , with a clear focus on improving data quality, scalability and self-service access to trusted data across the business. The platform will increasingly support analytics, regulatory requirements, Data Science and AI/ML use cases .

The role

Reporting to the Head of Data Engineering, you will combine technical leadership, delivery ownership and people management . You will set engineering standards, guide technical decisions and ensure the team's work delivers reliable and scalable data capabilities.

Role Responsibilities

• Leading the delivery of critical batch and real-time data pipelines , including Kafka workloads

• Providing technical direction and maintaining high engineering standards across the squad

• Coaching and developing Data Engineers, including performance management and career development

• Driving data quality through data contracts, observability and SLA/SLO monitoring

• Working closely with stakeholders across Compliance, Marketing and Data Science

• Managing delivery commitments, risks and engineering performance metrics

• Contributing to the evolution of the organisation's GCP-based data platform

Role Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience designing and operating data pipelines on GCP , particularly BigQuery, Cloud Composer/Airflow and GCS

• Strong knowledge of Apache Kafka and real-time streaming architectures

• Previous experience leading or technically mentoring Data Engineers

• Strong understanding of data quality, data contracts, observability and SLOs

• Experience with SQL, dbt and modern data transformation patterns

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Experience within a regulated financial services/fintech environment would be highly beneficial

This is a strong opportunity for an experienced Data Engineering Lead who wants to combine technical leadership with genuine ownership of a large-scale data transformation programme .