THIS ROLE REQUIRES ON-SITE PRESENCE AT ASDA HOUSE IN LEEDS THREE DAYS PER WEEK. WE’RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING YOU AROUND!

We’re looking for a Lead Data Engineer to join our Data Team, within our Commercial & Supply domain. As the most senior engineer working across a number of squads, you’ll blend hands-on engineering with providing technical leadership and mentorship to data engineers. You will work closely with Product Managers, Visualisation Engineers, Data Analysts, Data Architects, and other stakeholders to deliver reliable, high-quality data products that drive Asda’s strategic objectives. Additionally, you’ll play a central role in championing best practices and fostering continuous improvement, actively contributing within our Agile community of practice.

YOUR ROLE

Provide technical mentorship and direction to data engineers, helping to elevate team capability and maintain engineering standards, but also maximise their potential and promote career growth.

• Foster a DevOps culture of “you build it, you run it, you own it”, promoting autonomy and ownership across the engineering organisation.
• Lead best practices in data engineering, code reviews, and development activities, ensuring the highest quality standards. Contributing to the Lead Engineer & Agile communities of practice. Ensuring data quality and integrity.
• Work with structured, semi-structured and structured data with varying latencies, from batch through to real-time.
• Ensure engineering solutions comply with architectural frameworks and best practices defined by Data Architects.
• Collaborate with Product Managers and Data Analysts to ensure business requirements are translated into scalable, performant data solutions.
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies and tools to enhance data engineering capabilities.
• Balance hands-on engineering responsibilities with technical leadership to drive high-quality delivery.