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 outLead engineering forhigh-impact data products across DVLA
Work with modern technologies includingDatabricks, 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 improvingdigital services at national scale
Leading the design and build ofdata pipelines and data products
Developingrobust data models and integrationsacross systems
Ensuring data is processed efficiently foranalytics and business intelligence
Driving best practice andstandards across data engineering teams
Supporting performance optimisation and balancingcost, scalability and reliability
Working across teams to enable reuse of data and improve delivery