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Team Lead, Data Engineering

United Kingdom·London,Londonlead

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Overview

DRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience bringing sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate in markets around the world.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and mentor a team of data engineers with a variety of skill sets, fostering a culture of excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Requirements Summary

5+ years of experience leading engineers in a technical environment, with a strong emphasis on mentoring, development, and team management. 5+ years of experience working with modern data technologies and/or building data-first products.

Technical Tools

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Responsibilities

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→Lead and mentor a team of data engineers with a variety of skill sets, fostering a culture of excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.
→Use strong leadership skills in mentoring, coaching, feedback, development, negotiation, and conflict management to enhance team performance and help people have a great experience in their work life.
→Coordinate closely with stakeholders to grow the userbase and deliver high-impact functionality to the data platform.
→Engage in hands-on software development and support activities.
→Drive project ownership, including defining requirements, scheduling, resource allocation, and ensuring timely delivery of projects.
→Consult with other development teams to understand how they engage with the data platform.
→Contribute to process discussions, challenging ideas and actively refining the team’s processes to maximize throughput.

Requirements

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5+ years of experience leading engineers in a technical environment, with a strong emphasis on mentoring, development, and team management.
5+ years of experience working with modern data technologies and/or building data-first products.
Familiarity with the data modeling practices, storage systems, and compute frameworks common to modern data engineering, with a track record of leveraging this knowledge within a fast-moving data ecosystem.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills, capable of balancing and negotiating requests across multiple stakeholders.

Experience building, scaling, and supporting large data platforms, and familiarity with the use cases, modeling techniques, and ergonomics expected by data platform users.
Experience managing technical roadmaps for platforms with a wide variety of users.
Familiarity with the common needs of data platform users within financial firms.
History of balancing feedback from multiple users, translating technical roadblocks, refining processes, and improving delivery.
Ability to own projects, define requirements, and lead development and support initiatives.
Excellent problem-solving skills, with the judgment and capacity to deliver data engineering and software engineering artifacts that fit the needs of our users.
Track record of fostering collaboration and effective teamwork across global locations.