Oho Group
Lead Data Engineer
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Lead Data Engineer / Well-Funded AI Startup / London
A high-growth AI startup is looking for an exceptional Lead Data Engineer to build its data platform from the ground up.
Role Overview
You'll architect distributed pipelines, real-time infrastructure, and AI data systems while making the key technical decisions that shape the platform’s future.
What’s in it for you?
- Join a heavily backed AI startup at a major inflection point
- Own the data architecture and strategy from day one
- Solve complex problems across distributed systems and AI infrastructure
- Work alongside exceptional engineers, AI specialists, and founders
- Build and eventually lead the data engineering function
- Become a key technical leader with meaningful equity and long-term upside
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What they’re looking for:
- 6+ years in Data Engineering or Backend Engineering
- Strong academic background in a STEM discipline
- Expert Python and strong data engineering fundamentals
- Deep experience with distributed pipelines and modern data architectures
- Strong SQL and production database experience
- Someone who genuinely enjoys solving hard technical problems
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Bonus Skills:
- Spark
- Kafka
- Airflow
- Vector databases
- AI/ML infrastructure
- AWS/GCP/Azure
If you want maximum ownership, serious technical challenges, and the chance to build something from zero, this could be the one.
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