Job Description
Job Title: Lead Data Engineer (Cloud)
Location: Preston – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.
Salary: £55,000 depending on skills and experience
What You’ll Be Doing
- Building and operating ingestion pipelines into the lakehouse
- Developing Spark transformation jobs and reusable pipeline patterns
- Orchestrating workflows in Airflow (raw > bronze > silver > gold)
- Implementing manifest-driven transformation using JSON configuration stored in MongoDB or CosmosDB
- Maintaining Delta Lake tables and troubleshooting pipeline reliability/performance
Your Skills And Experiences
- Deep understanding of modern data engineering principles, data lifecycle, and enterprise-scale architecture.
- Strong knowledge of data governance, metadata management, and qua...