Job Description

Lead Data Engineer - Government AWS Data Programme - SC eligible

About the role

Blackstone& is placing a Lead Data Engineer with a UK government department to set the technical direction for its data engineering work. The organisation runs an AWS data lake used by analysts and data scientists across the organisation. It needs someone to raise the standard of how data gets onto it and how it is looked after once it's there.

You'll lead a small team of data engineers and stay hands-on. You'll share the work, review code, unblock people and still write a fair amount yourself.

What you'll be doing

Leading and line managing a team of data engineers, and growing their skills through pairing, review and coaching
Designing how new source systems are integrated into the platform, from batch database extracts to API feeds
Setting engineering standards for testing, CI/CD, documentation and data quality, and making sure