Senior Data Engineer

I hope you’re okay! Are you ready for your next professional adventure? We share your motivation to progress your career and achieve your ambitions – so we want to let you know about the latest Chief Engineer (Data Product)- London role. Check out the details for this vacancy, with a world-leading airline company, below: Location: London, waterside (Hybrid, 1 day a week in office) Contract ended: 6 months Hours: Monday to Friday (37.5 hours a week) Rate: £700-800 per day through UMBRELLA (Inside IR35) Job purpose: Join our innovative airline client Software Engineering team as a Software Engineering Lead where you’ll play a key role in guiding teams to deliver high-quality, scalable, and secure software solutions. With a focus on large scale full-stack development, this role is ideal for those who thrive in a dynamic and collaborative environment, bringing expertise in Platform Engineering, AWS, Microservices, and DevOps. What You’ll Do: • As an extension of our Software Engineering’s Centre of Excellence, lead internal and external teams of software engineers, fostering a culture of trust, collaboration and continuous improvement. • Assess and help develop and execute engineering strategies, ensuring scalable, high-performance software solutions. • Work closely with stakeholders to define technical requirements and translate them into actionable development plans. • Proactively evaluate the current state of the data platform development and work with CoEs to drive sustainable improvements in the team and across the organisation. • Drive the adoption of modern Data Engineering and DevOps practices in the team to enhance software delivery and operational efficiency. • Champion best practices in software engineering, ensuring security, maintainability, and performance. • Present technical solutions and progress to stakeholders, translating complex concepts into clear business value. • Build strong relationships across teams, acting as a bridge between engineering and business functions. What You’ll Bring to British Airways: • Proven experience delivering an end-to-end data platform. • A deep understanding of data engineering practice, particularly Data Lake, Data Warehousing, Analytics, and Reporting. • Strong knowledge of ETL pipeline design, data optimisation, and governance. • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to present technical concepts clearly. • Experience with DevOps tools and methodologies, enabling efficient and secure software delivery. • Ability to work closely with development teams to enable self-service capabilities and improve efficiency. • A mindset of continuous improvement, always looking for ways to enhance developer productivity. • A proactive, problem-solving mindset, with the ability to drive innovation and change. • Ability to balance between applying the fundamentals and taking a pragmatic solution. Your Experience: • Proven experience in full-stack software engineering, with a strong technical foundation. • Expertise in Python, Github, AWS, and modern cloud-native architectures. • Knowledge of AVRO/Parquet, BI/Visualisation, NoSQL, Data Governance tooling • Experience leading teams in an agile development environment. • Strong DevOps knowledge, with experience in CI/CD pipelines and automation. Start Date ASAP Interested in applying? Just reply with an up-to-date copy of your CV to get the ball rolling. Or if it is not quite right for you, but you have someone in mind for the role – please let me know.