Data Engineering Manager

This is a high-impact Analytics Engineering Manager role focused on building and scaling a data platform that underpins critical product and business decisions. You will lead a team while shaping a modern data environment operating at significant scale, with a strong emphasis on reliability, performance and trust in data.

The Company

They are a large-scale digital business with a strong data-driven culture at the core of decision making. Operating a complex data ecosystem with high volumes of daily data processing, they invest heavily in building a robust and scalable data foundation. Data is treated as a product, with clear ownership, high engineering standards and a focus on long-term platform evolution. The organisation fosters close collaboration between engineering, analytics and senior leadership to ensure data is a trusted asset across the business.

The Role

Own the end-to-end data platform, including ingestion pipelines, data modelling and warehouse orchestration

Lead and develop a team of analytics and data engineers, setting standards and supporting growth

Drive automation across data workflows to improve scalability and efficiency

Ensure high data quality through monitoring, testing and robust data contracts

Design and govern a semantic layer to ensure consistent metric definitions

Optimise warehouse performance and manage cost efficiency at scale

Establish engineering best practices including CI/CD, version control and code quality standards

Partner with stakeholders across analytics, product and leadership to align on data strategy and delivery

Your Skills & Experience

Strong experience leading data or analytics engineering teams in a complex environment

Deep expertise in data warehousing, data modelling and large-scale data processing

Proven experience with ELT and ETL pipelines and orchestration tools such as Airflow and dbt

Experience working with modern cloud data platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks or GCP

Strong understanding of data quality, observability and monitoring practices

Experience driving cost optimisation within cloud data environments

Confident communicator, able to translate technical concepts to senior stakeholders

Track record of balancing leadership, delivery and hands-on technical contribution

What They Offer

Competitive salary aligned with senior leadership scope

Opportunity to lead a high-performing data engineering function

Strong focus on career development and leadership growth

Collaborative and data-driven working environment

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