Data Engineering Manager (Data Platform)

The role

You will lead, manage, and mentor a team of data platform engineers. You will own the delivery engine, team health, career progression, and stakeholder alignment for a modern Snowflake-based platform.

What you will do

• Lead, manage, and mentor a team of data platform engineers
• Champion a product mindset for internal tooling
• Oversee recruitment, onboarding, and performance management
• Oversee planning, execution, and delivery of projects within the data platform roadmap
• Manage the team's backlog and prioritise tasks
• Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) for platform health and team delivery
• Build strong relationships and collaborate with technical and business leaders
• Communicate the team's roadmap, progress, challenges, and successes
• Invest in the career development of team members through coaching and mentoring
• Architect custom AI solutions and smart automated systems

Required qualifications

• Solid understanding of modern data platform architectures (e.g., Snowflake, data mesh/lakehouse, dbt, Airflow, streaming vs. batch pipelines, data contracts)
• Proven experience managing and leading high-performing data engineering teams in a product-driven environment
• Proven track record of mentoring and developing engineers
• Demonstrable experience in managing project delivery, including planning, prioritisation, and execution
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Able to architect custom AI solutions and smart automated systems

Nice to have

• Experience shaping data platform strategy and vision
• A proactive approach to identifying and implementing improvements related to platform reliability, scalability, performance, and cost
• Experience running a platform team that serves internal customers, with a focus on self-service and developer experience

Benefits

• Benefit allowance you can tailor to your own life and family
• Private medical and dental
• Health assessments
• Access to a digital GP
• Life assurance
• Share schemes
• Financial coaching
• Dedicated annual learning allowance
• Electric car and cycle-to-work schemes
• Season ticket loans
• Award-winning parental leave policies
• Barista coffee and subsidised Just Eat lunches

About the company

Funding Circle is a fintech company that uses data to provide funding to UK small businesses. It has the energy of a start-up with the stability of a public company.