Engineering Lead Data

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Data/Software Engineering leader to work within the Personalised Experiences and Communications Platform to join product engineering multi-functional teams. As a Head of data your responsibilities will be delivering the highest quality data capability, drawing upon your engineering expertise, whilst being open minded to the opportunities the cloud provides.You can expect to be doing

• Lead the software engineering teams in delivering high-quality software applications and systems that leverage AI and machine learning to provide personalised experiences for our twenty-six million customers and users.
• Collaborate with the head of engineering, product managers, architects, and other stakeholders to define and execute the software engineering squads’ roadmap, scope, and work.
• Mentor and coach, the software engineering squad, developing their skills and career growth.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve technical issues and challenges that arise during the software development lifecycle.
• Deliver technical solutions that can be utilised across multiple entities across the group.
• Define consumption and integration patterns and data models and contracts.
• Create automation tools for data reconciliation and curation.
• Drive the culture of delivering highly secured and high-quality software.
• Identify and eliminate recurring issues by automating processes.
• Help in adopting best engineering practices like Test Driven Development, code reviews, Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery.

We are on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we are shaping finance for good. We are focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a wonderful place for everyone. Including you.We understand no one can be an expert in every aspect of data/software Engineering. However, if you have coding or scripting knowledge / experience with a data engineering background, we would like to hear from you.Skills .

• Hands-on proven experience of delivering systems design, software development, testing and operational stability.
• Proficiency in relevant programming languages, frameworks, and technologies, such as Python, Java, Rust, JavaScript, React, Angular, TensorFlow, PyTorch.
• Proven experience and knowledge of automation and CI/CD
• Experience in working with large-scale data sets, data pipelines, and cloud platforms, such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Experience in using distributed systems and event driven architecture.
• Practical experience of Cloud native solutions
• Advanced knowledge of containers (Docker, Kubernetes) and experience with cloud platforms such as GCP, Azure or AWS.
• Strong experience working with Kafka technologies.
• Computer science fundamentals: a clear understanding of data structures, algorithms, software design, design patterns and core programming concepts.
• Good understating of cloud storage, networking, and resource provisioning
• Experience of hiring and recognising and developing talents.

Nice to have

• Certification in GCP “Cloud Architect”, “Cloud Developer”, “Professional Data Engineer”
• Certification in Apache Kafka (CCDAK)
• Strong experience in data analysis
• Proficiency across the data lifecycle

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares.
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping.
• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow, and thrive?Ian at Henderson Scott is shortlisting candidates for interview so please apply!