Data Idols

Staff Data Engineer Salary: 85,000 - 95,000 Location: London, hybrid Data Idols are working with one of the best-known retail brands in the UK that are investing heavily in its data platform. They are looking for a Staff Data Engineer to play a key role in scaling production data systems and raising engineering standards across the wider data function. This role sits at the centre of a major data transformation and offers the chance to work on high-impact data platforms used across the business. The Opportunity As a Staff Data Engineer, you'll take ownership of complex, production-grade data pipelines and act as a technical leader within the data engineering team. You'll work on cloud-native solutions built on Azure and Databricks, making key decisions around data processing, modelling, and performance. Alongside hands-on delivery, you'll help set best practices, support other engineers, and influence how data engineering is done across the organisation. Skills & Experience Strong hands-on experience with Azure data platforms Advanced SQL skills Commercial experience using Databricks and PySpark Proven background building and maintaining scalable data pipelines If you're looking for a role where you can combine technical depth, ownership, and influence, please submit your CV for initial screening and further details. Staff Data Engineer

Lead Data Analyst Salary: 70K - 90K Location: Manchester (Hybrid) We're working with a high-growth business that is scaling its data function to the next level. They are investing heavily in their product and data capabilities, as part of this investment, they are hiring a Lead Data Analyst to own experimentation and performance insight across their search ranking and personalisation systems. The Opportunity Within this role as Lead Data Analyst, you will partner closely with cross-functional teams to ensure product changes are properly tested, accurately measured, and clearly linked to business performance. This is a product-focused analytics leadership position with a strong emphasis on experimentation and impact evaluation. Skills & Experience Strong experience in search optimisation, ranking systems, recommendation engines, or personalisation Proven expertise in A/B testing Commercial awareness Strong SQL experience Experience partnering with data scientists and engineering teams This is an opportunity to have ownership. For consideration, please submit your CV. Lead Data Analyst

Applied AI Engineer Salary: 140K - 200K + Equity Location: London in office A venture-backed AI technology company is building production-grade intelligent systems used by large, complex organisations to automate high-stakes workflows. The platform focuses on reliability, scale, and safety, turning experimental AI capabilities into tools that can be trusted in real operational environments. They are hiring a Applied AI Engineer to help design and operate the core systems. The Opportunity This role is focused on building and operationalising AI systems. You'll be responsible for turning large language models into reliable, observable, and continuously improving production systems. You'll design and deploy agent-based architectures, retrieval pipelines, and evaluation frameworks. A core part of the role is ensuring these systems behave predictably in real-world conditions, with clear monitoring, feedback loops, and safeguards. You'll work closely with product, engineering, and commercial teams to translate complex workflows into AI-driven systems that can be trusted to operate autonomously. This is an opportunity to shape how AI agents are designed, tested, and released in a production environment. Skills and experience Experience in deploying AI-powered systems into production Strong experience in Python Practical experience with RAG architectures Clear communication and strong problem-solving instincts If you are looking for a new challenge, then please submit your CV for initial screening and more details. Applied AI Engineer

Lead Data Scientist Salary: 120K - 140K + Equity Location: London in office Data Idols are working with a rapidly scaling technology company which is redefining how large, highly regulated organisations produce, validate, and deliver client-facing work. They are now hiring a Lead Data Scientist to take full ownership of their data ecosystem and help shape how the company operates, measures success, and makes decisions. You will own the data stack end-to-end and work at the intersection of analytics, engineering, and applied machine learning. The Opportunity This is a high-impact, high-autonomy role where you will design, build, and scale the company's entire data capability from ingestion through to insight and prediction. You'll work closely with senior leadership, product, engineering, and go-to-market teams, ensuring data is reliable, real-time, and genuinely useful. You'll turn messy, fast-moving problems into automated, production-grade systems that inform product strategy, customer behaviour, and operational decisions. If you enjoy building from first principles, moving fast, and taking real ownership, this role offers an unusually broad scope and level of influence. Skills and experience Strong Python for pipelines and analysis Advanced SQL and hands-on dbt experience Experience building data platforms from scratch in a fast-growth environment Comfortable working with ambiguity, changing priorities, and tight timelines Confident using AI coding tools as part of your daily workflow Excellent communication skills If you are looking for a new challenge, then please submit your CV for initial screening and more details. Lead Data Scientist

Senior Data Scientist Data Idols are working with a well known retailer who are looking for a Senior Data Scientist to join an established data team and be part of making this organisation a fully data-driven company. This role offers very real career progression as you'll be working with an industry leading data team in the Manchester area. THE ROLE As a Senior Data Scientist you will work on a variety of interesting data challenges. You will be able to leverage large data sets and create useful and meaningful insights to help make better business decisions. As a Senior Data Scientists you will have excellent SQL and Python skills and be very confident. You will be working on complex data problems and develop solutions to those. YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE Excellent technical experience with SQL and Python Strong understanding of ML algorithms and frameworks Strong knowledge of AWS or equivalent Commercial experience manipulating many types of data Experience working with Data Lakes This is an outstanding opportunity for a Senior Data Scientist to join an exciting company on a permeant basis. Please submit your CV for consideration and further details. £50,000 - £65,000 Senior Data Scientist

Senior Data Analyst Data Idols are working with an exciting FinTech, one of the fastest growing in the UK. They are rapidly growing across all teams and this role we are working is for a Senior Data Analyst to join their existing data team. This role has flexible working, they are taking a hybrid approach, in the office a couple days a week and working from home a few days a week too. They have a couple office locations, London, or Manchester and are happy for this candidate to be based in either office. This Senior Data Analyst role is also permanent, full time. The Opportunity For this Senior Data Analyst, they are looking for someone who can mentor junior members of the team and set standards and best practices. Stakeholder management is something they are very keen for someone to have a strong background in, someone who is able to build relationships with technical stakeholders to provide business trend analysis and actionable insights. They are looking for a Senior Data Analyst with advanced SQL skills and a good understanding of Python. Skills and Experience Advanced SQL knowledge Strong stakeholder management Experience working with Python What's in it for you? Salary; £55,000 - £65,000 Senior Data Analyst