Primus Connect
Data Engineering Manager
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Data Engineering Manager / Lead Data Engineer
Up to £100,000 + Benefits
Remote (1-2 days per month in Bristol)
Lead. Build. Transform.
Are you a Data Engineering Manager who still loves getting hands-on with technology?
We're partnering with an international organisation undergoing a large-scale data transformation, moving from traditional data warehousing (SQL Server) to a modern Databricks Lakehouse platform. As part of this journey, they're looking for a technically strong Data Engineering Manager who can balance leadership responsibilities with hands-on engineering and platform ownership.
This is a rare opportunity to help shape the future of a federated Databricks environment used across multiple countries, whilst remaining deeply involved in architecture, engineering, and delivery.
The Opportunity
This isn't a role where you'll spend your days in back-to-back meetings. The split is roughly:
- 50% Hands-On Engineering - building Databricks pipelines, platform administration, automation, and technical leadership
- 25% People Leadership - mentoring and managing 5-6 Data Engineers
- 25% Project & Stakeholder Coordination - helping teams deliver successfully as the organisation scales its modern data platform
You'll join a collaborative team of around 20 engineers who are passionate about technology, innovation, and solving complex data challenges. The culture is highly supportive, low-ego, and focused on doing great work together.
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What You'll Be Doing
- Leading and developing a team of Data Engineers
- Designing, building, and optimising Databricks data pipelines
- Supporting Databricks workspace administration and governance
- Helping drive the transition to a federated Databricks platform model
- Collaborating with architects, product teams, and business stakeholders
- Driving engineering best practice across data quality, reliability, and scalability
- Contributing to data platform strategy and future architecture decisions
- Supporting delivery across multiple business units and international teams
What We're Looking For
We're looking for someone who combines strong technical depth with proven leadership capability.
You'll likely bring:
- Approx. 8 years'+ experience within modern Data Engineering environments
- Strong hands-on experience with Azure Databricks
- Expertise building and managing production-grade data pipelines
- Excellent SQL and Python skills
- Experience administering Databricks environments
- Previous experience leading, mentoring, or managing engineering teams
- Experience delivering modern cloud-based data platforms
- Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills
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Highly Desirable
- Databricks Certified: Professional Data Engineer Certification/Databricks Champion status
- Terraform or Infrastructure-as-Code experience
- Experience migrating workloads from SQL Server to Databricks
- Exposure to federated data platform design
Why Join?
- Play a key role in a major Databricks transformation programme
- Help shape a modern federated platform operating across multiple countries
- Remain hands-on whilst progressing your leadership career
- Work with an experienced and highly collaborative engineering team
- Influence technical direction and platform evolution
- Remote-first working with just 1-2 days per month in the Bristol office
- Competitive salary up to £100,000
Interview Process
The team is committed to moving quickly, with a streamlined two-stage interview process designed to secure the right person within weeks rather than months.
If you're a hands-on Data Engineering Manager who enjoys building modern data platforms with Databricks while leading and developing great engineers, we'd love to hear from you.
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