Lead Data Engineer

<div class="content-intro"><p>Aker Systems was founded in 2017 by a team of experienced technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations.&nbsp; We build and operate ground-breaking, ultra-secure, high performance, cloud-based data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping our clients to improve the management and sharing of data across their organisations.</p> <p>In 2024, Aker Systems won the Breakthrough Culture Awards highlighting growth companies putting culture first. In 2020 Aker Systems was recognised as a ‘One to Watch’ on the Sunday Times Tech Track.&nbsp; The Company was also recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories.&nbsp; We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply.&nbsp; We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, and supportive place for you to do your very best work.</p></div><p>We are seeking an experienced and hands-on Lead Data Engineer to design, build and evolve secure, scalable data platforms for clients across the UK Public Sector and Utilities sectors.</p> <p>You will work closely with architects, engineers and client stakeholders to deliver modern cloud-based data solutions that support operational, analytical and AI-driven use cases. The role combines technical leadership with hands-on engineering, helping clients modernise their data estates while ensuring solutions are secure, reliable and scalable.</p> <p>Working across multiple projects, you will lead the development of batch and real-time data pipelines, support architectural decision-making, and help establish engineering best practices across delivery teams.</p> <p>Strong experience with real-time streaming technologies is essential.</p> <p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p> <ul> <li>Lead the design, development and deployment of secure, scalable data pipelines and data platform components.</li> <li>Design and implement batch and real-time streaming solutions using modern event-driven architectures.</li> <li>Own technical design decisions across projects, balancing scalability, security, performance and delivery requirements.</li> <li>Lead technical workshops, discovery sessions and architecture discussions with client stakeholders.</li> <li>Assess existing client data platforms and design practical approaches for modernisation, migration and integration.</li> <li>Build and maintain data ingestion, transformation and integration capabilities across a variety of data sources.</li> <li>Develop cloud-native data platforms using AWS servi