Data Engineer Lead
Oliver James are partnered with a leading insurance business looking to hire a Data engineering lead to join a new team and immediately assist with a group wide modernisation programme.
Birmingham / London
Hybrid working
Competitive salary + Package
Job Summary:
As Data Engineer Lead, you will support the Head of Data Products to establish and execute a data strategy that delivers business value by optimizing our data collection, and ensuring we manage and transform data in such a way that it is widely available and easy to consume as products. You will proactively work with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the Data Engineering team delivers high performance data pipelines underpinned by modern data-streaming technology and set clear best practice and standards that enable you to coordinate your team. You will effectively communicate and champion the value of reuse to your stakeholders, and as the focal point for data engineering across the business, you will be responsible for ensuring your team successfully deliver robust data engineering across multiple data squads.
Personal Specification:
We are looking for candidates with experience of coordinating and implementing data engineering strategies. Someone who has a proven track record of implementing enterprise data engineering
standards and maturing capability to deliver advantage and enhance value delivery across a business. We are looking for someone who can innovate, and who knows how to encourage performance, motivate peers, and collaborate at the highest levels of an organization.
The successful candidate should have a passion for data and a curious mindset for the business and the wider insurance industry. Great communication skills across all levels of seniority and the ability to represent data internally and externally to our colleagues, clients and regulators will also be important.
Knowledge and Experience
- SQL, Python, Java
- Snowflake, Spark, Snowpark
- Experience with large scale data processing (e.g. Spark, Snowpark);
- Experience working with databases, data modelling and big data;
- Experience with batch and streaming processing, real-time applications, event-based architectures and pub/sub patterns using Confluent
- Experience working in Azure cloud
- Experience with CI/CD workflows and git best practices;
- Familiarity with APIs (REST, GraphQL);
- Familiarity with Docker and terraform
- Experience of leading delivery whilst managing and coaching teams
Skills and Abilities
- Proven success operating in complex delivery environments and experience in implementing New Ways of Working (e.g. Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)/Scrum at Scale (SoS)
- Proven team player with ability to work with all levels in a highly intellectual, collaborative, and fast paced environment
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to tailor them appropriately for different audiences, technical backgrounds, and seniority
If you are interested in knowing more please apply below with your up to date CV.
You must live and have the right to work in the UK to apply.
