Hybrid London Data Engineering Lead – Platform Strategy

AnaVation LLC; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading gift experience provider in the UK is seeking a Data Engineering Manager to lead their Data Engineering team. This role involves shaping data strategy and architecture while ensuring data is effectively governed and accessible. The ideal candidate will combine technical expertise with people leadership, mentoring engineers, and collaborating closely with business stakeholders. The position requires experience in modern data platforms and key technologies like Snowflake, with a flexible hybrid working arrangement.

Benefits

Competitive Pay & Bonuses

Private healthcare

Flexible working and generous holidays

Learning allowances for career growth

Volunteering days and charity support

Qualifications

• Experience mentoring and developing engineers.
• Ability to collaborate closely with non-technical stakeholders.
• Passionate about data and best practices in analytics engineering.
• Experience building and maintaining modern data platforms using Snowflake.
• Familiar with ETL tooling for reliable data flows.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of data engineers.
• Set technical direction across data architecture.
• Build and maintain resilient data pipelines.
• Ensure data quality, governance, and GDPR compliance.
• Support and grow engineers through mentoring.

Skills

Mentoring and developing engineers

Data management and governance

Ownership of end-to-end data processes

Collaboration with non-technical stakeholders

Building modern data platforms

Experience with ETL tooling

Problem-solving with data

Tools

Snowflake

C# .NET

Python

Azure

Terraform

Airflow

DBT

Fivetran

Job description

A leading gift experience provider in the UK is seeking a Data Engineering Manager to lead their Data Engineering team. This role involves shaping data strategy and architecture while ensuring data is effectively governed and accessible. The ideal candidate will combine technical expertise with people leadership, mentoring engineers, and collaborating closely with business stakeholders. The position requires experience in modern data platforms and key technologies like Snowflake, with a flexible hybrid working arrangement.