Lead Data Engineer (Databricks)

Job Description Lead Data Engineer - Databricks Up to £75,000 | Permanent | Huddersfield | 4 days onsite Want to build the data platform rather than just maintain one?This is an opportunity for a hands-on Lead Data Engineer to play a key role in a major data transformation - moving a complex, multi-site UK organisation away from fragmented Legacy data and manual processes towards a modern Databricks environment .There's plenty to build, plenty to improve and a genuine opportunity to influence how Data Engineering is done.We're looking for someone who loves Data Engineering, can lead from the front technically and wants to take ownership of a small engineering team while remaining close to the code. The role As Lead Data Engineer , you'll take day-to-day ownership of engineering delivery across the Databricks platform, working closely with the Head of Data Engineering and leading a small team of Data Engineers. You'll be joining at an important point in the organisation's transformation. Databricks is becoming the strategic data platform, with a significant programme underway to create better engineered pipelines, trusted data models and reusable data products. This is not a hands-off management role . You'll remain technically involved - designing solutions, building pipelines and solving engineering problems - while providing the direction, standards and leadership the wider team needs.Over time, you'll become a key internal technical authority for Databricks, working…