Lead Data Engineer

Lead Data Engineer

Location:

National
* Closing Date: 27/2/26
Interviews:
From 9th March 2026 (may be subject to change)
Grade: G7
(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)
Salary:
London: £63,343 - £70,725 (which may include an allowance of up to £14,882)
National: £58,511 - £65,329 (which may include an allowance of up to £14,939)
Working pattern: full-time, part-time, flexible working
Contract Type:
Permanent
Vacancy Number: 14682

* We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP

We’re recruiting for a Lead Data Engineer here at the Ministry of Justice, to be part of our warm and collaborative Data & Analytics Engineering team. This role aligns against Lead Data Engineer from the Government Digital and Data Framework. This is a great opportunity to work with leading cloud technology and help change the way data is used in the public sector.

Data engineers at MoJ play a critical role in our mission to put data at the heart of decision-making. We're looking for people with the drive to develop a deep understanding of data needs and data availability across specific areas of the Ministry of Justice.

As a Lead Data Engineer your work might involve:

• Leading a team of Data Engineers to build robust and scalable automated data flows to connect operational systems, data for analytics and business intelligence (BI) systems
• Creating and promoting best practices within the team and wider
• Applying knowledge of systems integration to your work
• Championing data engineering across the department and wider
• Collaborating with a range of stakeholders to understand their needs and establish project goals and deliverables
• Using a range of AWS services to deploy your solutions in a reproducible, sustainable manner

You may also be expected to carry out the following day to day activities:

• Updating and maintaining technical documentation
• Leading and organising team building and development initiatives for data engineering and wider
• Supporting the Ministry of Justice's Analytical Platform users to use our data and tools
• Line managing more junior colleagues
• Keeping up to date with current trends and best practices in engineering for continuous improvement

We welcome applications from anyone with the skills we consider make a good data engineer. You may not currently be in a data engineering role and that's ok. Many of our team members have a background in analysis, software engineering, data science, and more.

If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!