Overview

Role: Data Engineering ManagerSalary: £110,000 - £120,000 + 10% bonus + share optionsLocation: Central London - 1 day per week in the office (Hybrid)Our client, a fast-growing product-led business in the insurance and financial services sector, is looking for a Data Engineering Manager/Head of Data Engineering to lead and scale their data team. The company leverages real-world behavioural and location data to power next-generation insights for underwriting, credit risk, and product innovation.You\''ll define the data platform strategy, modernise infrastructure, and enable large-scale data processing to support analytics and machine learning use cases. Leading a team of four data engineers, you\''ll combine strategic vision with hands-on technical leadership in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.Responsibilities

Defining and delivering the data engineering roadmapArchitecting and modernising data platforms for scale and reliabilityBuilding pipelines for large-scale behavioural and GPS dataDriving best practices across CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and governanceMentoring and growing a high-performing teamWhat you\''ll bring

5+ years in data engineering, with 2+ years in a leadership role60% hands-on technically/40% hands-off leadership and strategyProven experience designing scalable data architectures and pipelinesStrong Python, SQL, and experience with tools such as Airflow, dbt, and SparkCloud expertise (AWS preferred), with Docker/TerraformA track record of delivering in fast-paced, scale-up environmentsNice to have

Experience with streaming pipelines, MLOps, or modern data architecturesApply

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