Data Engineering Lead; Remote

We are looking for a talented and dedicated Data Team Lead to join our growing Data Engineering team. You will be leading a very talented team, playing a key role in setting the team's future strategy, and supporting the ever-growing data needs of the business. You will report directly to the VP of Engineering.

• Manage the team of data engineers, including hiring, mentoring, and performance evaluations

• Set clear and achievable yearly goals and OKRs for the team

• Plan, execute, and track data engineering projects

• Define project scopes, timelines, and resource requirements

• Ensure that data engineering projects align with the organisation’s strategic goals - own the team roadmap and ensure delivery is on time

• Manage stakeholders' expectations and communicate any changes to the delivery dates

• Own schema change reviews. Ensuring that each schema change runs through the Data Engineering team and follows the best practices

• Establish guidelines and processes for Schema Evolution. Defining how and when schema changes are made, tested, and deployed.

• Increase data ingestion pipelines' efficiency in terms of speed and cost

• Establish data governance policies and metadata management to provide the business with clear definitions and documentation of available data

• Support performance optimisation for queries to ensure fast and efficient access to data

• Support business in building and maintaining dashboards, reports, and data visualisations by providing clean and well-structured data

• Ensure that the business has the necessary access to data sources, databases, and data lakes while maintaining data security and privacy standards.

• Collaborate with other teams to troubleshoot and resolve data-related issues or discrepancies.

• Previous experience leading a Data Engineering team (at least 1 year of experience)

• Production experience working with Databricks

• Previous experience working with a Cloud solution (preferably AWS)

• Senior-level experience writing efficient and scalable Python code

• Senior-level experience working with SQL and Spark SQL

• Senior-level experience with Py Spark

• Previous experience working with BI tools

Someone with a genuine interest in Chip and is excited about being part of a fast-growing company and our mission to build the investment super app of the future.

Although we’re in the financial space, and under the scrutiny that comes with it, the current data team works well together, and even sometimes with a smile. We’re sure you’ve got the technical skills, otherwise, you would have stopped reading by now, so let us be clear on what will make us want to work with you.

We want a real person, with interests outside of work, to join our team. You could be a dancer, a gamer, a musician, a parent, a hockey fan, or even that one person that still writes Twilight fan-fiction. Doesn’t matter to us.

At the interview stages, we will be looking for empathy, eq, fun stories, and the ability to smile even when things are tough.

• Monday to Thursday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

• Friday: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM (Start your weekend early!)

Enjoy a structured yet balanced workweek, with an early Friday finish to kickstart your weekend!

• £80,000 - £90,000 per annum

• Discretionary Performance-Related Annual Bonus of up to 10% (Cash) and 5% (Shares) based on your gross annual salary.

• Workplace pension scheme - We invest in your future with a workplace pension scheme
  , contributing 5% on earnings up to £50,000
  . Plan ahead with confidence while you grow your career! 🚀

• Private medical insurance (medical history disregarded)

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Cycle to work scheme

• Season ticket loan

• Free ChipX subscription for UK-based employees

• We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity

• Flexible working arrangements

• 28 days holiday plus bank holidays, plus the days between Christmas and New Year ✈️

• Annual training budget for courses, workshops, or conferences to help you advance your career.

• £30 per month Chip Fitness Benefit to suit your Mental/Physical Wellbeing

• Company laptop

• Opportunity to have a huge impact on our product while fast-tracking your knowledge,…