Data Engineering Team Lead

Compensation details will be shared by the recruiter during the first interview.

So, who are we?
IGGroupis a FTSE 100 fintechoperatingacross five continents, serving over 1.3m customers and handling billions of dollars in transactions – built on scale, trust, and proof.Wedidn'tpivot to innovation;it'showwe'vealwaysoperated. What that means for the people who work here is real: genuinely complex problems to solve, the technology and resources to tackle them properly, and the kind of scopethat'srare in established businesses. The bar is high – bring a curious and forward-thinking mindset andwe'llgive you the platform to define what comes next. Join us at IG – the future gets built here.

Your team

IG’s Data function is a central capability serving both central and divisional business lines across the entire IG estate. The Data Engineering teamis responsible forthe platforms that underpin analytics, reporting, compliance, and client-facing data products, and that will increasingly power AI and machine-learning use cases across the firm.

The current data landscape reflects IG’s growth: a combination of GCP-native capabilities,onpremisessystems, and a legacy AWS data platform. The strategic direction — endorsed by the CDO and Executive — is clear:consolidateonto GCP, raise the bar on data quality, and enable self-service access to trusted data for teams across the business.

Your role in the Team’s Success

As a Data Engineering Team Lead, you will own the delivery of critical data pipelines and platform capabilities that power analytics, compliance, and AI across IG. You will lead a squad of engineers across London, India, and Poland — setting technical direction, upholding engineering standards, and growing talent within the team. Reporting to the Head of Data Engineering, you will be the bridge between engineering execution and strategic platform goals, ensuring IG’s GCP-based data platform is reliable, scalable, and trusted by the business.

Whatyou’lldo

• Lead and deliver data pipeline and platform work within the GCP consolidation programme, owning squad commitments end-to-end across batch and real-time (Kafka) workloads

• Coach, develop, and performance-manage a squad of data engineers, fostering a culture of engineering excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement

• Drive data quality as a first-class concern: embed data contracts, observability, and SLA monitoring across ingestion and transformation layers in the Medallion architecture

• Act as the technical point of contact for stakeholders in Compliance, Marketing, and Data Science, translating requirements into well-scoped engineering deliverables

• Maintain delivery rigour: run sprint cadences, manage commitments, escalate risks early, and report on pipeline SLOs, data freshness, and DORA-style engineering metrics

Whatyou’llneed for thisrole

• Hands-on experience designing andoperatinglarge-scale data pipelines on GCP (BigQuery, Cloud Composer/Airflow, GCS), with proven knowledge of Apache Kafka and real-time streaming architectures

• Demonstrated experience leading or technically mentoring a team of data engineers, with the ability to set standards, conduct code and design reviews, and grow engineers’ capabilities

• Strong grasp of data quality practices: data contracts, pipeline observability, SLA/SLO definition, and automated alerting and remediation

• Solid understanding of SQL transformation patterns and modern tooling such asdbt, alongside experience managing ingestion estates with third-party connectors and in-house integrations

• Clear and confident communicator able to work cross-functionally with non-technical stakeholders; comfortable in a regulated financial services environment with structured delivery disciplines (sprint cadences, change control, escalation)

Key Qualification Requirements:

Howwework

We try to take a thoughtful approach to our ways of working as a company.We follow a hybrid working modelwith 3 days inthe office – which we think balances the need to collaborateeffectivelyand connect with each other. When it comes to how we deliver, there are 5 things we want everyone to do to drive high performance, betterlearningand career satisfaction:

• Lead and Inspire:Drives trust, alignment, and enthusiasm

• Think Big:Focus onthe problems thatmostimpact commercial outcomes

• Champion the client:Understand andprioritise client's needs

• Deliver at pace:Push forfast, sustainable growth; 

• Raise the bar:Take ownership,be accountableand share feedback

We believe that diversity is vital to success, it fuels creativity, drivesinnovationand sets us up for global success.We’recommitted to building teams witha variety ofperspectives and skills tohelp usrealise our vision and strategy,that’swhy we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to join us on this journey. Learn more about our D&I approachhere.

The Perks

Your growth fuels oursuccess!Thrive with tailored development programs, mentoring opportunities withleaders, and clear career progression. Expand your network through committees,sportsand social clubs. Enjoy extra time off for volunteering and community work.


Learn more about the Perkshere!

Join us for this exciting journey.