Technical Lead, IT​/Tech, Data Engineer

Job Description

Manchester | Hybrid | Up to £85,000 + 15% Bonus

Work Arrangement : 2 days on-site, 3 days from home

Join a high-impact data engineering team driving large-scale, cloud-first analytics platforms. As a Technical Lead – GCP Data Engineering, you’ll architect and deliver robust data solutions on Google Cloud Platform, shaping how data is ingested, processed, stored, and analysed across the business. You’ll provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and influence architectural decisions within a modern, high-volume data environment.

• Architect, design, and implement scalable cloud-based data solutions within GCP.
• Define and optimise Big Query data models for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Design and maintain automated ETL / ELT pipelines for ingestion, transformation, and loading.
• Implement data validation, monitoring, and sequencing frameworks to ensure reliability and accuracy.
• Collaborate with architects and senior engineers to deliver secure, compliant data platforms.
• Integrate GCP data services with business systems and analytical tools.
• Lead code reviews, set engineering standards, and mentor data engineers.
• Act as the technical authority for GCP and Big Query across the team.

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