Lead Engineer – Vulcan Platform Team
Job Summary
We are seeking a highly capable and experiencedLead Engineerto join theVulcan Platform Team. This role will provide technical leadership in the design, delivery and optimisation of platform and data engineering capabilities that underpin scalable, secure and reliable data products across the organisation.
The successful candidate will bring strong experience incloud-native engineering, with particular depth inAWSandDatabricks or similar Data lakehouse technologies and will be comfortable leading engineers whilst remaining hands-on in architecture, design and delivery. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys shaping engineering standards, improving platform capabilities, and working closely with cross-functional teams to enable high-quality, governed and performant data solutions.
The Lead Engineer will play a key role in advancing the Vulcan platform, ensuring it meets current and future business needs through robust engineering practices, automation, observability, and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership
• Lead, coach and mentor engineers within the Vulcan Platform Team, fostering a culture of engineering excellence, collaboration and continuous learning.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership across platform design, software engineering practices and delivery execution.
• Set and uphold engineering standards, including code quality, testing, documentation, CI/CD, and operational support.
• Support technical decision-making, architecture reviews and prioritisation of platform improvements in line with strategic objectives.
• Work closely with product, architecture, security and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable engineering solutions.
Platform Engineering & Architecture
• Design, build and maintain scalable, resilient and secure platform capabilities usingAWSandDatabricks.
• Lead the development of reusable platform services, patterns and frameworks
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