Lead Data Engineer

Manchester, Greater Manchester
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Role: Lead Data Engineer

Salary: £85,000 - £95,000 per annum

Location: Manchester (Remote/ Once a month)

VIQU have partnered with a national organisation going through an exciting transformation in their data infrastructure and so are hiring a lead data engineer to lead the design of their platform within the Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The role will involve an even split of technical engineering, architecture and leadership/people management. Due to the seniority of this role, candidates must have hands on experience with GCP. 

Requirements for the Lead Data Engineer:

Experience line managing teams of data professionals. 
Prior experience designing data platform(s) within GCP, working hands on with; Airflow, Big Query, Data Flow, Data Fusion, and Data Stream.
Deep understanding of Data Mesh/ decentralised design and Data Lake/Warehouse solutions.
Hands on skills across the GCP tech stack, SQL and Python. 
Ability to lead cultural change across organisations, and manage senior stakeholders. 
Ability to work across multiple contexts and teams.
Job Duties of the Lead Data Engineer:

Lead the architecture, best practise and engineering strategy of data squads.
Hands on data engineering work, utilising both python and SQL. 
Mentor and lead teams of engineers, checking and reviewing code, and setting standards.
Ensure all data platform processes; including ingestion, quality, transformation, security, batch management, monitoring, alerting, and cost control are efficient.
Design and help build the data platform – ensuring data is processed through semantic layers and can be modelled effectively.
Lead changes across the organisation, adopting a decentralised design. 
Role: Lead Data Engineer

Salary: £85,000 - £95,000 per annum

Location: Manchester (Remote/Hybrid)

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Job Info
CV-Library logo
Job Title:
Lead Data Engineer
Company:
CV-Library
Location:
Manchester, Greater Manchester
Salary:
£85000 - £95000 Per annum
Posted:
Feb 3rd 2026
Closes:
Mar 6th 2026
Sector:
IT
Contract:
Permanent
Hours:
Full Time
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