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Lead Engineer - Full Stack
Lead Engineer – Application Platform Team
Ambitious Technology & AI Roles hackajob is collaborating with Dunnhumby Ltd to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role.
About Dunnhumby
dunnhumby is the global leader in Customer Data Science, partnering with the world’s most ambitious retailers and brands to put the customer at the heart of every decision. We combine deep insight, advanced technology, and close collaboration to help clients grow, innovate, and deliver measurable value for their customers.
We employ nearly 2,500 experts across global offices in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, working with transformative brands such as Tesco, Coca-Cola, Nestlé, Unilever, and Metro.
At dunnhumby, we’re building a unified intelligence layer—a modern platform for AI, real-time data, and scale. This new architecture replaces outdated legacy systems, enabling tailored experiences for personas and workflows that break silos. By democratising science and integrating richer data feeds, the platform drives: ✔ Deeper retailer-CPG collaboration ✔ Long-term business value
Joining this team means working on cutting-edge technology that redefines how data, AI, and product innovation intersect to shape the future of retail.
The Role: Lead Engineer
We’re seeking an experienced Lead Engineer to join our Application Platform Team, blending strong technical leadership with a passion for mentorship. You’ll: ✔ Guide teams in delivering high-quality, production-ready solutions ✔ Own technical design across modern engineering stacks ✔ Collaborate cross-functionally with platform, product, and data teams ✔ Drive scalability in cloud-native systems ✔ Champion engineering best practices, including code quality, reliability, and delivery standards
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Responsibilities
Technical Leadership
- Set vision for application architecture, ensuring alignment with data-driven goals
- Advocate for cloud-native best practices, including Kubernetes, ** microscopics to pull infrastructure closer together**.
- Optimise development workflows and CI/CD pipelines for efficiency
- Master observability (e.g. New Relic) to prioritise production stability
Team Development
- Mentor and grow engineers at all levels
- Foster a high-performing, collaborative culture
- Lead knowledge-sharing initiatives (e.g. pair programming, documentation)
Collaboration
- Translate business requirements into scalable technical designs
- Collaborate with data science, product, and cloud teams
- Future-proof architecture to support AI-enabled innovation
Additional Considerations
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What You’ll Bring
Technical Expertise
✔ Core stacks: .NET, Python, React/JavaScript, Terraform ✔ Expansion potential: Go, Rust, or newer frameworks; open to cloud technologies ✔ Cloud-native environments: Kubernetes, Helm, GitOps ✔ CI/CD mastery: GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Octopus, plus rigorous testing etlist help more retailers and brands identify the right products maximises value for the end shopper.
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✔ Observability: Understands production monitoring (e.g. New Relic) and reliability metrics ✔ Secrets and multi-cloud: Familiarity with secrets management, ArgoCD, Crossplane, and multi-cloud deployment (GCP/Azure)
Leadership Traits
✔ Experience leading engineers with a focus on team growth ✔ Comfortable cutting through bureaucracy to implement solutions ✔ Strong communicator, engaging both technical and non-technical stakeholders
What You’ll Gain
At Dunnhumby, We Look Beyond “Expectations”
- A competitive compensation package with flexible benefits, including: ✅ Personalised rewards (above industry standard) ✅ Flexible hours and birthday leave
- Access to cutting-edge tech with global brand backing—but with the speed and agility of a start-up
- Science-universal approach – democratizing data and making it accessible and usable across the business.
- Diversity & inclusion is the lifeblood of our culture. Networks like dh Gender Equality Network, dh Proud, dh Family, dh Enabled, and dh Thrive help every employee thrive.
Flexible Working
Building from our ‘making work work for you’ philosophy, we encourage a smartly flexible approach. Some roles inherently require more flexibility—if this is important to you, please discuss it with your recruiter early in the process.
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