Data Engineering Lead

5 days ago


Manchester, United Kingdom JD Williams Full time
Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Data Engineering Lead to join our team at JD Williams. As a key member of our data engineering team, you will be responsible for leading the development and maintenance of our analytics platform.

The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills, experience delivering large-scale transformation projects, and a deep interest in how data architectures can improve experiences and drive better business decisions.

Key Responsibilities:
• Lead a team of engineers in creating, maintaining, and extending our analytics platform
• Design patterns for ingesting, transforming, and exposing data
• Drive adoption of strong CI/CD practices to reduce deployment risks
• Coach your team in best practices and coding standards
• Develop your team's software development capabilities
• Collaborate across technology squads and teams
• Work within an agile operating model with cross-functional teams
• Manage the Analytics Platform, ensuring reliability, scalability, and security

Required Skills and Experience:
• Strong communication skills, able to convey complex technical concepts to various audiences
• Experience delivering large-scale transformation projects with a focus on end-to-end data architecture
• Deep interest in how data architectures can improve experiences and drive better business decisions
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform stack (BigQuery, Composer, Dataplex, Dataflow, Cloud Functions, Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, GCS, Vertex AI, GKE) or similar cloud platforms
• Familiarity with open-source data-stack tools (Airflow, DBT, Kafka, Great Expectation, etc.)

Salary: £120,000 - £150,000 per annum

About Us:
At JD Williams, we're committed to building a diverse workforce and creating an inclusive environment that values equality for all. Our vision is that by 'championing inclusion, we'll become the most loved and trusted fashion retailer'. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging are, therefore, at the heart of our culture.


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