Location: London - Hybrid
Day rate: up to £700 per day inside IR35
We’re seeking a hands-on Senior Lead Engineer to design and deliver high-volume financial data pipelines on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This is a pivotal role bridging complex data architecture and high-velocity engineering, ensuring our platforms remain secure, observable, and robust.
What You’ll Do
- Lead technical architecture and hands-on engineering across batch data pipelines (BigQuery, Dataproc, Cloud Storage)
- Own Developer Experience (DevEx): automate environments, refine CI/CD pipelines, and reduce friction for engineering teams
- Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions
- Implement Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform) for secure, scalable cloud environments
- Integrate database change management tools like Liquibase into automated pipelines
- Apply DevSecOps best practices across the lifecycle: static analysis, dependency scanning, and secure credential management
- Ensure observability, monitoring, and performance using GCP Operations Suite or New Relic
- Mentor engineers and collaborate across global, distributed teams
- Proven experience in Lead Engineer, DevOps, or SRE roles with technical leadership
- Expert-level CI/CD automation and pipeline optimization
- Strong GCP expertise: BigQuery, Dataproc, Cloud Composer
- Deep data architecture and engineering knowledge: Spark, DBT, Oracle, BigQuery
- Experience designing scalable architectures (Microservices, Monoliths, Batch)
- Skilled in observability, monitoring, and DevSecOps integration
- Excellent communication with a record of collaborating globally
- Combine architecture, coding, and leadership in one role
- Influence the Developer Experience for a large engineering team
- Work on high-impact financial data systems
- Drive innovation in GCP cloud infrastructure and automated pipelines
