Job Title: Senior Engineering Manager – Data Engineering
Location: London 
Job Type: Full-time

About the Role:
My Client is looking  for an experienced Senior Engineering Manager with a strong background in data engineering to lead our growing data engineering team. This role involves overseeing the development of scalable data systems, driving data infrastructure projects, and collaborating cross-functionally to ensure our data capabilities meet the evolving needs of the business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage a team of data engineers, providing mentorship, guidance, and career development.

• Architect and oversee the development of scalable, secure, and reliable data pipelines and platforms.

• Collaborate closely with data scientists, analysts, product managers, and business stakeholders to understand data needs and deliver actionable solutions.

• Define and drive the long-term technical strategy for data infrastructure, including data lakes, data warehouses, and streaming systems.

• Ensure high standards of engineering quality through code reviews, technical mentoring, and process improvement.

• Oversee project planning, execution, and delivery across multiple initiatives and teams.

• Champion data quality, data governance, and privacy best practices across the organisation.

• Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies in the data space and apply them when appropriate.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering or data engineering, with at least 3+ years in a technical leadership or management role.

• Proven experience building and scaling data platforms using technologies such as Spark, Kafka, Airflow, Snowflake, Databricks, or similar.

• Strong understanding of data architecture, ETL/ELT design patterns, data modeling, and big data ecosystems.

• Excellent leadership, communication, and collaboration skills.

• Experience managing and developing teams in a fast-paced, agile environment.

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.