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Lead Data Engineer - Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency - G7

Posted: 13/05/26
Recruiter:Government Digital & Data
Reference:3108894368
Type:Permanent
Disciplines: Systems Engineer
Salary:Competitive
Location:Wales
Description:

Location: Swansea

This Lead Data Engineer role sits within DVLA's data platform team, working on modern, large-scale data systems that drive better decisions, insights and digital services.

Why this role stands out

  • Lead engineering for high-impact data products across DVLA
  • Work with modern technologies including Databricks, Spark, and lakehouse architectures
  • Shape standards and best practice across a growing data function
  • Collaborate with product teams, analysts and data scientists
  • Play a key role in improving digital services at national scale

What you'll be doing

  • Leading the design and build of data pipelines and data products
  • Developing robust data models and integrations across systems
  • Ensuring data is processed efficiently for analytics and business intelligence
  • Driving best practice and standards across data engineering teams
  • Supporting performance optimisation and balancing cost, scalability and reliability
  • Working across teams to enable reuse of data and improve delivery

Who this role could suit

This role could be a strong fit if experience includes:

  • Leading data engineering or data platform delivery
  • Strong SQL and Python development skills
  • Experience with big data technologies (e.g. Spark, Databricks)
  • Data modelling, warehousing and large-scale data processing
  • Mentoring teams and setting engineering standards

Interested?

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