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Data Engineering Lead
Data Engineering Lead
A permanent role in Milton Keynes – shaping ICAEW’s data-driven future
At The Institute of Chartered Accountants England & Wales (ICAEW), you’ll work within a visionary organisation redefining business, finance, and global accounting through Direction 2030.: Our bold strategy centres on members, innovation, sustainability, and trust, creating a forward-looking environment where your work delivers real impact. We empower our team through elite benefits, continuous development, and an inclusive culture that fosters growth. Join a place where your career—and contributions—can flourish.
About the Role
We’re unlocking the power of data by modernising how ICAEW ingests, models, and shares information across the organisation. This transformation will enhance analytics, reporting, and decision-making—driving efficiency across finance, membership, and strategic initiatives.
As the Data Engineering Lead, you’ll provide technical leadership to ICAEW’s data engineering team, merging hands-on engineering with team mentorship.
- Seniority level: Team Lead / Senior Engineer
- Location: Milton Keynes (office base)
- Salary: £75,000–£85,000 per annum
- Contract type: Permanent
- Working pattern: Hybrid
You’ll collaborate closely with the Data Analytics & Reporting team, Data Architect, Data Governance Manager, and IT colleagues to design and enforce world-class engineering standards. Our goal is data platforms, pipelines, and models that are secure, scalable, and future-proof.
Key Responsibilities
You’ll lead, mentor, and grow a small data engineering team (of two), ensuring reliable outcomes for:
- Team leadership: Develop and inspire data engineers to deliver high-performance pipelines and architectures.
- Project ownership: Oversee data engineering projects—in sync with ICAEW’s broader technology transformation.
- Standards enforcement: Define and enforce best practices, patterns, and engineering discipline.
- Architecture design: Build scalable systems for data lakes, warehouses, and integration layers using Microsoft Azure.
- Readiness & governance: Ensure data is accessible, structured, and compliant with ICAEW’s rigorous quality and security standards.
- Ecosystem alignment: Work closely with your peers in analytics and insights, ensuring engineering and analysis capabilities evolve together seamlessly.
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Essential Requirements
- Leadership experience: Proven track record leading data engineering in a lead or senior role
- Azure expertise: Extensive experience delivering in a Microsoft-first environment (typically Azure Data Factory, Databricks, Synapse, Azure Data Lake)
- ETL/ELT development: Hands-on experience in migrating, designing, and managing pipelines (cloud-native)
- Languages: Strong Python and SQL skills; familiarity with Scala or R is advantageous
- Orchestration: Expertise in workflow and orchestration tools such as Azure Data Factory or Airflow
Experience overview: A combination of hands-on engineering, people management skills, and Azure expertise will help you succeed in this dynamic role.
What You’ll Gain from Us
At ICAEW, support and reward go hand in hand. We provide a comprehensive benefits package—and a flexible, empowering culture—that nurtures both your career and wellbeing.
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Core Benefits
- 9% pension contribution (initial contribution builds investment):
- Healthcare cash plan: Your health is our priority—with generous, tax-free cash payments for medical expenses.
- Private Medical Insurance: Early access to specialists and treatments.
- Life assurance: Up to 4x your salary in life cover.
- Holiday allowance: 24 days per year, with the ability to buy or sell extra days.
- Hybrid working: Structure your schedule to suit life and work.
- Savings & perks: Tax-free loans, gym discounts, retail and travel opportunities.
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- Family support: Enhanced maternity/parental leave (up to six months on full pay).
- Volunteer time: A paid day off to exercise leadership through a cause you’re passionate about.
- Wellbeing & community: Access to CABA mental health support as well as groups like the ICAEW Workers Club.
Shaping ICAEW’s Legacy
We thank our successful candidates family discovered the benefits listed above, and those thought leadership were applied in the learning and development opportunities crafted into this job摘抄了也有，we’re happy to spread the information. Thinking ahead, ICAEW stands amongst the most reputable professional accountancy institutes on a global scale. Whether you want to develop your career here, help deliver our latest transformation, or be a respected ambassador for the Institute, this role is about making an impact.
If this leadership ambition aligns with your drive to build modern data ecosystems, we encourage you to apply today. ICAEW is ahead of the curve—creating paths for data-driven professionals to thrive.
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