Lead Data Engineer

Salary: £58,000 - 90,000 per year

Requirements

• We are looking for an experienced Lead Data Engineer with proven experience in data engineering, data warehousing, and pipeline development.
• We need someone with experience leading or mentoring technical teams.
• You should have at least 5 years experience in information, data architecture, and engineering.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills are important, including working with both technical and non-technical teams.
• Experience working with Product and/or Commercial teams is required.
• You should have a solid understanding of data governance and best practice, ideally within a regulated environment.
• A proactive, collaborative mindset aligned with our values is essential.
• Employment is subject to proof of right to work in the UK, a satisfactory basic DBS check, and two references.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to the Business Intelligence team and help develop our data capability.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines, architectures, and models.
• Lead the development of our Enterprise Data Warehouse and associated platforms.
• Collaborate with Product and Commercial teams to ensure our systems capture and use data effectively.
• Enable data-driven decision making across our organisation.
• Contribute to the design of our products by embedding analytics and reporting functionality.
• Support the development of data policies and ensure compliance with evolving standards.
• Create and maintain documentation, technical standards, and SOPs to improve resilience and reduce risk.

Technologies

• Business Intelligence
• Data Warehouse
• Support

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We are CLEO Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of IC24 and a leading not-for-profit social enterprise delivering innovative, patient-focused primary care services across the UK. Our mission, Clinical Excellence Online (CLEO), is to use technology to improve access to healthcare, reduce pressure on services, and put patients first. We support over 6 million patients and work closely with the NHS across urgent care, primary care, community services, and more. This is a full-time, permanent Lead Data Engineer role, based remotely in the UK with occasional travel to Ashford, Kent. The salary is up to £70,000 per annum, and we offer generous annual leave plus bank holidays, a 6% employer pension contribution, private medical insurance, full home-working equipment, access to our Heartbeat wellbeing programme, free 24/7 confidential counselling, and ongoing learning and development opportunities. We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion and encourage applications from under-represented groups.

last updated 24 week of 2026