JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

About this opportunity
A great opportunity has arisen for a Lead Data Engineer to join our engineering team and make a real difference!
Working in the Enterprise Data Provisioning Platform, you can help shape the Group’s ambition by enabling the bank to gain value from data by providing safe and efficient Group wide data capabilities and services. Data is key to our strategy and at the centre of our investment programme.
We’re encouraging a common approach to the development of data to deliver greater reusability and ensure that our data can grow with the organisation. We want our data to be trusted, discoverable and understood.

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE: Lead Data Engineer

ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY

Are you currently managing a Data Engineering team and looking for a new challenge? We’re seeking an experienced Lead Data Engineer who can bring both strong management skills and hands-on data experience to mentor, manage, and grow teams while building data products using modern technologies.
Data is one of our key assets. In a world of Big Data, Data Engineers are fundamental to unlocking safe, timely, scalable, and controlled access to it at enterprise scale.
As a Lead Data Engineer you’ll be responsible for leading the teams producing / curating (designing, developing, moving, transforming, testing, and maintaining) Data Products. This enables consumers to ingest, transform, store, and analyse our data to gain insight and drive value for our customers, regulators, shareholders and colleagues.
A strong background in Data as well as Technology is a consistent characteristic of great practitioners in this role.

Day to day, you’ll:

• Provide management, guidance and mentorship to your engineering teams
• Design, develop, and maintain complex Data Products
• Lead implementation reviews and all aspects of data product delivery
• Evaluate and recommend tools, technologies, and processes
• Identify and implement best practices for data engineering
• Have a strong understanding of data security principles and secure architectural practices
• Provide knowledge of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines
• Ensure timely delivery by managing tasks and priorities effectively
• Communicate effectively with team and stakeholders
• Accountable for custodianship governance activities on data assets

ABOUT US

Like the modern Britain we serve, we’re evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We’re growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too…