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Lead Data Engineer
Location
United Kingdom
Posted
10 days ago
Salary
£120K - £130K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Lead Data Engineer
Midnite
Role Description We’re looking for a Lead Data Engineer to drive the next phase of our data platform strategy at Midnite. This is a hands-on technical leadership role where you’ll: - Set direction and own the design and scalability of our data infrastructure. - Help build the platform that enables analysts and stakeholders to self-serve. - Work across the full data lifecycle from ingestion and modelling to orchestration, monitoring, and analytics enablement. - Make scalable technical decisions and support multi-territory expansion. - Improve platform reliability and move the business toward lower-latency insights. Our Tech Stack includes: Snowflake, Apache Iceberg, Python, Docker, Dagster, dbt, Terraform, AWS, and Omni. You will: - Partner with the Head of Data to own the technical strategy for data engineering. - Design, maintain, and evolve robust data pipelines and architecture. - Build a platform that enables analysts to self-serve and stakeholders to make better decisions. - Help shape repeatable architecture for multi-territory expansion. - Oversee the implementation of data models and frameworks that support analytics and business intelligence. - Drive engineering best practices across testing, monitoring, version control, automation, and pragmatic design. - Lead code reviews, raise quality standards, and ensure technical debt is managed proactively. - Mentor engineers, support career development, and provide lightweight people management while staying hands-on. - Stay ahead of industry trends, introducing tools and methods that future-proof the data platform. Qualifications - Software engineer first who has specialised in data/platform engineering. - Strong software engineering fundamentals. - Strong Python or equivalent production engineering capability. - SQL capability; Snowflake experience is a bonus, but engineering depth matters more than exact tool match. - Data modelling and architecture breadth, with the ability to explain trade-offs clearly. - Experience with orchestration frameworks such as Dagster, Airflow, or Prefect. - Hands-on experience with modern data warehouses/lakehouse patterns and cloud infrastructure. - Comfortable with platform/infrastructure thinking across tools such as dbt, Docker, Terraform, AWS, Iceberg, or similar. - Hands-on leader: data engineer first, people manager second. - Thrives in a start-up/scale-up environment with a pragmatic, impact-focused mindset. Benefits - Private health insurance with zero excess, including optical cover and optional dental. - Income protection to protect your earnings and give you peace of mind. - Tenure holiday policy: After three years, receive an extra two days leave, increasing to 30 days annually after five years. - Flexible working and a fully supported home office setup. - Nursery salary sacrifice scheme helping parents save on nursery fees. - Salary sacrifice schemes for tech and holidays. - Retail discounts and subscription perks across a wide range of brands. - Quarterly team socials to connect, celebrate, and have fun together. Company Description At Midnite, we’re committed to creating equal opportunities for everyone. We actively strive to build balanced teams that reflect the diversity of our communities, including ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, the LGBTQIA+ community, and all genders. We aim to provide an inclusive and supportive interview experience for all candidates. If you require any reasonable adjustments, please let us know in advance so we can ensure you feel comfortable and set up for success.
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