Lead Data Engineer

NatWest Group is hiring a Lead Data Engineer in London, United Kingdom. Level rates it ; you can apply on NatWest Group.

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Little AI ●○○○ is how Level rates this data engineer role: aI is not part of the work.
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Join us as a Lead Data Engineer

This is an opportunity for a driven Lead Engineer to join us and lead the technical delivery of a Data engineering team
You’ll be responsible for leading solution design options and explaining the pros and cons to key stakeholders for appropriate decision making
Hone your existing technical skills and advance your career in this innovative and challenging role
You’ll work from home some of the time, but you’ll also spend at least twice a week working from our London office

What you'll do

In this role, you’ll mentor a team of developers and set the technical direction of the deliveries, applying the principles and methodologies of software engineering to the technical design, development, testing, and maintenance of applications and services.

We’ll look to you to take responsibility for the work quality of the data engineering team, making sure that it meets the technical standards for all services output, as well as implementing a culture of concise and comprehensive technical documentation as a continuous process.

Day-to-day, you’ll be:

Monitoring the technical progress against plans, while safeguarding functionality, scalability and performance and providing updates to stakeholders
Supporting and mentoring the team in the understanding of relevant software languages and technical domains
Driving the adoption of software engineering principles, processes and best practices
Liaising with engineers, architects, business analysts and other key stakeholders to understand the objectives, requirements and options
Designing and developing high-volume, high-performance and high-availability applications using proven frameworks and technologies
Driving the adoption of AI based development across the team

The skills you'll need

To be successful in this role, you’ll need a background in data engineering, software design, database design and architecture, as well as experience in setting the technical direction and mentoring a team of developers.

We’ll also look to you to have experience of test-driven development and the use of automated test frameworks, mocking, stubbing and unit testing tools, along with knowledge of the key phases of the software delivery lifecycle and established software development methodologies.

You’ll also demonstrate:

The ability to develop software in an SOA and micro-services paradigm
Development experience in a SQL and Python
Experience of using industry recognised frameworks and development tooling, including git
A background of implementing programming best-practice, especially around scalability, availability and performance
Experience of working in an environment where products must be delivered to specific timescales

Hours

Job Posting Closing Date:

12/11/2026

Ways of Working:Hybrid

How we rate this

Lead Data Engineer at NatWest Group rates 29 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

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