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Lead Data Engineer

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What you’ll work on

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  • Build features and resolve issues on the cloud delta lakehouse data platform

  • Lead architectural decisions on data initiatives

  • Mentor junior engineers

  • Establish engineering standards, documentation and reusable frameworks

  • Investigate data issues, find root causes and fix them through code and data changes

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Feature development, issue resolution, and daily monitoring on cloud delta lakehouse data platform.
Lead Architectural decisions, mentor junior engineers
mentor junior engineers
contribute to establishing engineering standards, documentation, and reusable frameworks
perform investigation and root cause analysis, and implement remediation through code and data changes

What you’ll bring

All qualifications

Core experience

  • 10+ years in data engineering
  • At least five years in data warehouse solutions
  • Experience with agile delivery, ideally Scrum or Kanban
  • Understanding of data warehouse testing and quality assurance
  • Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, data management or information systems
Qualification wording
Overall 10+yrs experience in data engineering.
At least five years of experience working in a data warehouse solution landscape.
Experienced with agile delivery methodologies, ideally SCRUM/Kanban.
Understanding of data warehouse testing strategies and quality assurance processes.
A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, data management, information systems industry approved
Education & alternatives
Qualifications - A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, data management, information systems industry approved; relevant data solutions development qualifications (e.g. Microsoft certification; Databricks Certification; data apprenticeship qualifications) Additional Information
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  • SQL
  • Azure
  • Databricks
  • Delta Lake
  • Spark
  • SQL Server
  • PySpark
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Tech Stack - SQL Server, SSIS, T-SQL - ADF, ADLS, Azure SQL Database, PySpark, Spark SQL, Databricks, Delta lake
- SQL Server, SSIS, T-SQL - ADF, ADLS, Azure SQL Database, PySpark, Spark SQL, Databricks, Delta lake Company Description
- Good understanding of git branching strategies and code management. - Good understanding of technical release management processes in Azure DevOps. - Confident and concise communication skills, with the ability to drive alignment, collaboration, and efficiency within teams.
Qualifications - A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, data management, information systems industry approved; relevant data solutions development qualifications (e.g. Microsoft certification; Databricks Certification; data apprenticeship qualifications) Additional Information

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Demand for Data Engineer roles

New Data Engineer postings at the employers we follow are up 8% over the last 5 weeks compared with the 5 before.

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About the role

We file this job under Data Engineer, by the work the posting describes.

Data engineers build and run the pipelines that copy data out of apps and outside services into a warehouse or lake, and fix them when a source changes or a load fails.

Expect SQL, Python, a cloud platform, a scheduler such as Airflow, and often tools for large data such as Spark or Kafka.

An analytics engineer works one step later, turning the raw data a data engineer lands into clean tables people can query.

US government figures for database architects

Median yearly pay, May 2025
$139,500
Expected change, 2025 to 2035
9.4% more jobsagainst 3.5% for all jobs

The government has no code for data engineers, so these figures are for the closest group, database architects, which includes data integration and data warehousing specialists.

Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025) and Employment Projections (2025 to 2035). Occupation code 15-1243.

Job description

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Job Description

Please Note that this is a 4 Day Work from Office Role in Central London & 1 Day work from Home

Key Responsibilities

  • Feature development, issue resolution, and daily monitoring on cloud delta lakehouse data platform.
  • Operate as part of an agile technical team participating in all agile team ceremonies such as daily stand up meetings and backlog refinement sessions.
  • Lead Architectural decisions, mentor junior engineers and contribute to establishing engineering standards, documentation, and reusable frameworks.

Experience

  • Overall 10+yrs experience in data engineering.
  • At least five years of experience working in a data warehouse solution landscape.
  • Proven ability to lead complex data initiatives and drive architectural decisions.
  • Experienced with agile delivery methodologies, ideally SCRUM/Kanban.
  • Be able to assume ownership of data issues, perform investigation and root cause analysis, and implement remediation through code and data changes.
  • Understanding of data warehouse testing strategies and quality assurance processes.
  • Good understanding of git branching strategies and code management.
  • Good understanding of technical release management processes in Azure DevOps.
  • Confident and concise communication skills, with the ability to drive alignment, collaboration, and efficiency within teams.

Qualifications

  • A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, data management, information systems industry approved; relevant data solutions development qualifications (e.g. Microsoft certification; Databricks Certification; data apprenticeship qualifications)

 

Additional Information

Tech Stack

  • SQL Server, SSIS, T-SQL
  • ADF, ADLS, Azure SQL Database, PySpark, Spark SQL, Databricks, Delta lake

Company Description

WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS), is a leading Business Process Management (BPM) company. We combine our deep industry knowledge with technology and analytics expertise to co-create innovative, digital-led transformational solutions with clients across 10 industries. We enable businesses in Travel, Insurance, Banking and Financial Services, Manufacturing, Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods, Shipping and Logistics, Healthcare, and Utilities to re-imagine their digital future and transform their outcomes with operational excellence. We deliver an entire spectrum of BPM services in finance and accounting, procurement, customer interaction services and human resources leveraging collaborative models that are tailored to address the unique business challenges of each client. We co-create and execute the future vision of 400+ clients with the help of our 66,000+ employees.

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