Senior Engineering Manager - Data

Job Description

Senior Engineering Manager - Data (six month FTC)

Lead the data platform behind a high-scale, mission-driven consumer product.

We’re looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the teams building the foundational data platform for one of the UK’s best known ecommerce companies. You’ll help scale data infrastructure that powers real-time decision-making, machine learning, experimentation, and analytics - supporting millions of users.

Location: London surrounds (once a week in office ideally)

Salary: £150k+ pro rata

What you’ll do

• Manage and mentor two data infrastructure squads, covering batch and real-time pipelines, data observability, and governance
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Data Science and ML teams to align platform capabilities with business needs
• Define and own the roadmap for scalable, privacy-aware, and resilient data systems
• Promote engineering best practices and long-term system sustainability
• Embed data quality, observability and governance principles across teams
• Contribute to hiring, coaching, and growing a high-performing data organisation

What you’ll bring

• Strong experience leading data or platform teams in a production environment
• Proven success with modern data infrastructure: distributed systems, batch and streaming pipelines
• Hands-on knowledge of tools such as Apache Spark, Kafka, Databricks, DBT or similar
• Familiarity with data warehousing, ETL/ELT processes, and analytics engineering
• Programming proficiency in Python, Scala or Java
• Experience operating in a cloud- environment (e.g. AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• A strategic mindset, with a practical approach to delivery and prioritisation

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