Engineering Director

Engineering DirectorUK Remote Up to £135,000 + 15% BonusThis is an excellent opportunity to join a newly established Data Hub function and play a leading role in shaping the future of enterprise data and AI. You'll combine strategic leadership with hands-on technical oversight, helping build a scalable data platform that will support business-wide decision making and innovation.The CompanyThey are investing heavily in their data capabilities, bringing previously fragmented data environments together into a single, governed platform. With strong backing from senior leadership and a clear roadmap in place, the Data Hub is a key strategic initiative designed to enable analytics, operational efficiency, and future AI use cases.The RoleYou will lead the Data Hub engineering team, owning delivery, technical direction, and team development.Responsibilities include:

• Leading and mentoring data engineering teams
• Driving delivery of a modern enterprise data platform
• Owning architecture and technical decision-making
• Consolidating legacy systems into a scalable, governed environment
• Partnering with business and product stakeholders
• Managing distributed engineering teams and delivery processes
• Establishing engineering best practices across Agile, DevOps, quality, and reliability
• Contributing to the wider data and AI strategy

Your Skills & Experience

• Strong people leadership within data or platform engineering
• Deep Snowflake and DBT expertise
• Experience delivering large-scale data platform programmes
• Strong SQL and Python skills
• Data architecture and governance experience
• Agile delivery leadership
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Experience leading offshore or distributed teams
• Hands-on technical credibility

Desirable:

• Databricks
• AI/ML platforms and workflows
• Agent-based AI solutions
• Backend or full-stack engineering exposure

What They Offer

• Up to £135,000 base salary
• 15% annual bonus
• Fully remote working in the UK
• Opportunity to build a newly formed Data Hub function
• Significant influence over platform strategy and architecture
• Exposure to modern data and AI technologies
• Clear growth and leadership opportunities as the team expands