Data engineering lead

So Energy - Data Engineering Lead

So Energy was created in 2015 because we knew energy suppliers could be better. Since then, we’ve grown rapidly but sustainably, with 350,000 customers and over 450 Energists (what we call our people). But we’re not done. We’re on the road to a net zero future, and thanks to our partnership with ESB, we’re well on the way. We’re customer-centric, tech-led, and passionate about sustainability.

We want to do the best we can for our customers, each other, and our planet, so we’ve created a workplace that's encouraging, supportive, and offers the opportunity for growth. As a company, we live by six core values that guide everything we do:

* Clear
* Honest
* Ambitious
* Inquisitive
* Caring
* Sustainable


The Role: Data Engineering Lead at So Energy

As a Data Engineering Lead, you will be responsible for leading the execution of our data engineering initiatives, ensuring alignment with our Data Platform Strategy. This role requires a strong balance between hands-on technical expertise and exceptional leadership skills. You will play a crucial role in shaping the data architecture, designing scalable data solutions, and driving best practices in data engineering. Additionally, you will lead and mentor a team of data engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.


What you’ll be getting up to:


Lead & Develop the Data Engineering Team

* Manage, mentor, and develop a team of data engineers, ensuring a strong technical culture.
* Drive career growth, performance management, and skills development within the team.
* Foster a high-performing, collaborative environment, encouraging knowledge sharing and innovation.


Define & Execute the Data Engineering Strategy

* Develop and execute the data engineering roadmap, ensuring alignment with business goals.
* Oversee the design and implementation of scalable, high-performance data pipelines and architectures.
* Champion best practices for data ingestion, transformation, orchestration, and storage.
* Ensure the reliability, efficiency, and maintainability of our data platforms.


Drive Best Practices in Data Engineering

* Establish and enforce engineering processes and standards, including PR reviews, Data Quality assessments, CI/CD, Testing, and Observability.
* Optimize performance, cost, and scalability across our cloud-based data platforms.
* Ensure compliance with data security, governance, and regulatory requirements.


Stakeholder Collaboration & Business Impact

* Work closely with business stakeholders, including Product and Data Analysts to deliver data solutions that drive business value.
* Translate business requirements into scalable and sustainable data architectures.
* Act as a thought leader in data engineering, advocating for data-driven decision-making across the organisation.


Innovation & Continuous Improvement

* Evaluate and adopt new technologies and tools to enhance data engineering capabilities.
* Drive automation and efficiency improvements across data infrastructure and pipelines.
* Champion a culture of continuous learning, ensuring the team stays ahead of industry trends.


This role will be a great fit if:


Leadership & Management Skills

* Proven experience in managing and mentoring data engineering teams, fostering a culture of learning and growth.
* Passion for nurturing talent, providing mentorship, career development, and performance management.
* Ability to provide technical guidance while empowering engineers to take ownership of their work.


Technical Expertise

* Extensive experience designing and implementing scalable, metadata-driven data solutions, optimised for analytical consumption and operational robustness.
* Deep expertise in data modelling, specifically using star schema methodology, and building performant dimensional models to support high-velocity datasets.
* Strong experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including BigQuery, Dataflow, Composer (Apache Airflow), Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage, DBT/Dataform, Datastream, and Cloud Run.

Research shows that some people are less likely to apply for a role unless they are 100% qualified. Your experience, skills and passion will set you apart so tell us about your achievements, irrespective of whether they are personal or work-related, tell us about your journey, and about what you learnt.

So, if this role excites you, don’t let our role description hold you back, get applying!

APPLICATIONS CLOSE ON 24/04/25

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