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Data Engineering Manager (Data Platform)
Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
Hybrid · 2 days/week in office · London, United Kingdom
Experience
3 years
Job description
Data Platform Engineering Manager at Funding Circle, leading a team of data platform engineers within the Data Platform Engineering team (under Tech and Data) during a migration to a Snowflake-based platform. The role owns delivery, team health, career progression and stakeholder alignment, reporting to the Head of Data Engineering.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time · Employee (employment agreement)
- Work mode
- Hybrid · 2 days/week in office · London, United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
What you'll do
- Lead, manage, and mentor a team of data platform engineers, fostering a collaborative, innovative, and inclusive team culture
- Champion a product mindset for internal tooling, ensuring the platform empowers domain teams to build quickly and safely without bottlenecks
- Oversee the recruitment, onboarding, and performance management processes for the team; set clear goals and expectations, providing regular feedback and guidance
- Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of projects within the data platform roadmap, ensuring timely and high-quality outcomes
- Manage the team's backlog and prioritise tasks effectively; define and track KPIs for platform health and team delivery
- Build strong relationships and collaborate effectively with key stakeholders, including technical and business leaders; translate stakeholder needs into actionable requirements for the data platform
- Communicate the team's roadmap, progress, challenges, and successes clearly and proactively to technical and non-technical audiences
- Invest in the career development of team members through coaching, mentoring, and identifying growth opportunities; create personalised development plans and support engineers in acquiring new skills
- Foster a culture of continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and technical curiosity within the team
What we're looking for
- Solid understanding of modern data platform architectures (e.g. Snowflake, data mesh/lakehouse, dbt, Airflow, streaming vs. batch pipelines, data contracts)
- Proven experience managing and leading high-performing data engineering teams in a product-driven environment
- Proven track record of mentoring and developing engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and professional growth
- Demonstrable experience in managing project delivery, including planning, prioritisation, and execution
- Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences
- Able to architect custom AI solutions and smart automated systems that are safe, maintainable, and aligned with our long-term mission
- Act as a technical bridge and mentor, training "builders" across the company to move from basic AI usage to sophisticated system creation
Nice to have
- Experience shaping data platform strategy and vision, aligning technical capabilities with evolving business needs and helping drive technical innovation
- A proactive approach to identifying and implementing improvements related to platform reliability, scalability, performance, and cost
- Experience running a platform team that serves internal customers, with a focus on self-service and developer experience
Your team
Data Platform Engineering team
Sits under Tech and Data; partway through a migration to a modern Snowflake-based platform
Benefits
- Benefit allowance you can tailor to your own life and family
- Private medical and dental, health assessments, and access to a digital GP
- Life assurance, share schemes, and financial coaching
- Dedicated annual learning allowance
- Electric car and cycle-to-work schemes, plus season ticket loans
- Award-winning parental leave policies, supporting through fertility treatments to new additions to the family
- Barista coffee and subsidised Just Eat lunches in the London office
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About Funding Circle
Backing the UK's small businesses like no one else
A platform that uses clever data to get small businesses the funding they need in minutes, not weeks. Funding Circle combines the restless energy of a fintech start-up with the stability of a public company.
Mission
To back the UK's small businesses like no one else
Key facts
- Fintech
- Last year alone, the businesses on our platform generated £7.2bn for the UK economy
- Partway through a migration to a modern Snowflake-based platform
- Named one of The Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For 2026
- Flexible-first employer with a "best of both" approach
What they value
- Lift each other up
- Challenge, champion, and have each other's backs
- Ownership
- Think smart