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Data Engineering Manager
£100,000 - 100,000
MCS Group
Adelaide Street 83-91, Belfast
£100,000 - 100,000
Requirements
Must:
- Strong data engineering background (not BI-only).
- Proven experience building or modernising data platforms in a cloud environment (AWS ideal).
- Solid understanding of software systems engineering principles.
- Hands-on familiarity with modern data tooling - Looker, Redshift, DBT, Airflow, AWS Lambda.
- Experience leading and growing technical teams (approximately 5-6 engineers).
- Comfortable balancing technical leadership with people management (roughly 50/50 split).
- Exposure to or interest in AI / GenAI and data automation.
Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor a small team of data engineers and QA, ensuring delivery of a robust, scalable platform.
- Oversee the design and build of data pipelines, integrations, and platform components.
- Drive the replacement of legacy analytics systems with modern tools (Looker, DBT, AWS).
- Build internal and external dashboards that bring complex data to life through visualisation.
- Maintain an ongoing focus on data quality, consistency, and automation.
- Play a key role in advancing our AI and ML roadmap, ensuring data readiness for future automation and predictive capabilities.
Description
We are delighted to be partnered exclusively with a global technology company that has a strong and growing presence in Belfast. Our software solutions utilise advanced simulation and digital intelligence to help major global manufacturers make smarter design, sourcing, and production decisions. The Belfast hub plays a central role in engineering and product development, with around 80 technical specialists supporting global operations. We have a forward-thinking culture, embracing cloud, data, and AI innovation, and we are on the lookout for an Engineering Manager to drive our Data platform to the next level. This is a brand-new leadership role as part of our next phase of data transformation. You will head up a Data Platform team (currently 5 Engineers and 1 QA) responsible for building a new, modern data platform to power advanced analytics, dashboards, and AI capabilities across the business. You will work closely with senior stakeholders in engineering, data science, and product to shape how data is used to drive insight and performance. Join us to shape a brand-new data platform from the ground up. Lead a high-impact team in a company investing heavily in data and AI. Experience a collaborative, engineering-led culture with autonomy and ownership, and enjoy hybrid working with a strong work-life balance and visibility across global teams. This is an opportunity to directly influence the company's AI and analytics strategy.
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