Data Engineering TL

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Team Leader to head our Framework Team (Data DevOps), a group that plays a pivotal role in developing and maintaining the core components of our Data Platform. This team is responsible for delivering robust automation, efficient CI/CD pipelines, and scalable frameworks that empower data engineering and analytics across the organization.

As a Team Leader, you will guide a team of engineers, foster technical excellence, and ensure the timely delivery of high-quality solutions. You will work closely with infrastructure and data teams to evolve and optimize our technology stack with a strong emphasis on reliability, performance, and security.

What you'll be doing:

Leadership & Team Management

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of framework engineers.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Manage workload distribution, prioritize tasks, and ensure timely, high-quality delivery.

Technical Ownership

• Oversee the design, development, and maintenance of Generic Framework, an in-house solution built on DBT and used across the data platform.
• Establish and enforce best practices for CI/CD pipelines, process automation, and infrastructure as code.
• Drive enhancements in monitoring, alerting, and overall observability of technical processes.

Platform Maintenance & Enhancements

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for data platform components.
• Automate repetitive tasks to improve operational efficiency and reliability.
• Develop and evolve generic frameworks that support data engineering workflows.
• Monitor technical processes and ensure proactive issue detection and resolution.
• Collaborate on new feature development, platform scalability, and architectural improvements.
• Manage patching, rolling updates, and ongoing maintenance of the data platform's technology stack.
• Optimize the performance and reliability of frameworks, automation tools, and platform services.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Management

• Partner closely with data engineering and infrastructure teams to align frameworks with business and technical needs.
• Clearly communicate progress, risks, and technical decisions to relevant stakeholders.

Core Technologies

• Version Control & CI/CD: GitLab
• Data Transformation & Orchestration: DBT, Airflow
• Programming & Scripting: Python, Jinja, Bash (limited)
• Infrastructure & Cloud: Terraform, AWS (S3, Lambda, API Gateway, MSK)
• Containerization: Docker
• Data Platform: Snowflake
• Monitoring & Observability: New Relic
• Testing & QA: Behave
• Secrets Management: AWS Secrets Manager

What we're looking for:

• Technical Expertise: Strong hands-on experience with Python, CI/CD tooling, and cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred).
• Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams and oversee complex, cross-functional projects.
• Problem-Solving: Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to diagnose and resolve issues across multiple layers of the technology stack.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts clearly.
• 5+ years of experience in data engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, or related technical roles.
• 2+ years of experience in a leadership or team lead capacity.

Nice-to-Have

• Experience working with modern data platforms such as Snowflake.
• Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools (e.g., New Relic).
• Knowledge of behavior-driven development frameworks (e.g., Behave).

What we offer:

Our roles offer more than just a job, you'll become part of the evoke family We have created an environment where our people can thrive. Check out some of the fantastic benefits on offer:

• Financial: Competitive salary
• Hybrid working: Our employees can work from home up to 80% of the time with 20% of office time built in to ensure we get some face-to-face collaborative team time - and the chance for a coffee and a catch-up
• Holiday entitlement: You'll be entitled to 22 annual leave days, plus bank holidays and an extra day for your birthday.
• eLearning
• Family Support: Industry-leading maternity and paternity leave and paid time off if you have caring responsibilities.
• Health & wellbeing: Tools and services to help support your well-being, including support with mental health and financial education. You will also have access to gym discounts.
• Healthcare: We prioritize your health and well-being, offering comprehensive healthcare benefits.
• more

More about evoke

We're a business that embraces change and progress. The power behind big name brands William Hill, 888 and Mr Green, evoke is the new name for 888 Holdings. Marking a new sense of purpose, direction and ambition for the business, there couldn't be a more exciting time to join us as we accelerate our journey to bring even greater delight to our customers with world-class betting and gaming experiences. That's the future. That's evoke.

At evoke, you'll benefit from flexibility and a culture built on trust. We'll give you the space to be yourself and the tools you need to protect our customers while they play. We'll invest in your future to help you develop your unique strengths and build a career that's right for you.

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At evoke, we prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion for the benefit of our company, employees, and communities. We foster a welcoming and safe workplace that values all forms of diversity and provides opportunities for growth.

Sound good? Then you belong at our place The first step in the recruitment process is kickstarting your application, followed by an initial screening call and an interview stage.

Apply today to kickstart your application with the evoke Family