Lead Data Engineer

CAVU

Lead Data Engineer

Hybrid (2 days per week in the office)

Permanent

For airports, for partners, for people. We are Cavu.

At Cavu, our purpose is to find new and better ways to make airport travel seamless and enjoyable for everybody — from the smallest ideas to the biggest transformations. Every day is an opportunity to create better travel experiences.

From our revenue-accelerating single-platform technology, Propel, through to our world‑class hospitality venues including 1903 and Escape Lounges, our solutions make travel smoother for passengers and more profitable for our clients and partners.

We know that to bring your best ideas, you need the space to think, the support to grow, and the freedom to be your authentic self. Whether you're working from our offices, from home, in our lounges, or on the road, we provide an environment where you can create, innovate, and help transform airport travel.

Together, we can reach new heights. Together, we are Cavu.

We're looking for an experienced Lead Data Engineer to play a key role in shaping and evolving Cavu's data platform, enabling data-driven decision making across our products and business.

Leading a small team of Data Engineers, you'll combine hands‑on technical expertise with technical leadership, mentoring colleagues while designing and delivering scalable data solutions that support analytics, machine learning and real‑time reporting.

Working closely with Data Scientists, Analysts and stakeholders across Technology and the wider business, you'll develop modern cloud‑based data platforms, build robust ETL pipelines and champion best practice in data engineering, governance and architecture.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team building a globally unique platform using modern technologies, where you'll have genuine influence over technical direction and help solve complex commercial and customer challenges.

• Lead, mentor and develop a team of Data Engineers, fostering a collaborative and high‑performing culture.
• Design, build and maintain scalable data pipelines and ETL processes to support business‑critical data solutions.
• Partner with Data Scientists, Analysts and business stakeholders to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions.
• Drive data quality by implementing validation, monitoring and governance best practice.
• Optimise the performance of databases, data warehouses and data lakes to support growing business demands.
• Evaluate and implement modern data technologies, tools and frameworks to enhance data processing and analytics capabilities.
• Define and promote data governance, privacy and security standards across the data platform.
• Work closely with Infrastructure and Operations teams to deploy, maintain and support cloud‑based data solutions.
• Provide technical expertise when troubleshooting complex data issues and continuously improve engineering standards across the team.

• Previous experience as a Lead or Senior Data Engineer, with experience leading engineering projects or mentoring technical teams.
• Strong experience designing, building and maintaining ETL pipelines, data warehouses and scalable data platforms.
• Expert Python and SQL skills, with experience working with large datasets and distributed systems.
• Hands‑on experience with AWS services, including Redshift, Lambda, EC2, Kinesis and Batch.
• Experience working with relational and No
  
  SQL databases, alongside strong data modelling skills.
• A solid understanding of data governance, data quality and data security principles.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to translate commercial requirements into technical solutions.
• A naturally curious, collaborative mindset with a passion for continuous improvement and modern data engineering practices.

• 25 days holiday, increasing with service (up to 28)
• Option to buy up to 10 extra days + 4 flexible bank holidays
• 10% company pension
• Annual bonus scheme
• On‑site gym
• Medi Cash scheme
• A range of flexible benefits and discounts, including up to 50% off Cavu products such as Escape Lounges and…