Data Platform Engineering Lead

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Lead and oversee technical direction across data engineering, backend, frontend, MLOps domains
• Provide oversight of DevOps practices and infrastructure management
• Review and approve system architecture, design patterns, and technical decisions
• Establish coding standards, best practices, and technical documentation requirements
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies and tools to improve development efficiency

Team & Project Management

• Lead sprint planning, backlog grooming, and agile ceremonies
• Manage resource allocation and project prioritisation across multiple workstreams
• Coordinate with stakeholders to gather and refine requirements
• Serve as primary technical point of contact for clinicians and business users
• Ensure project deliverables and milestones are met on schedule

Engineering Operations

• Oversee code review processes across all engineering domains
• Review and approve production deployments and changes
• Ensure robust testing practices including unit, integration, and end-to-end testing
• Manage application monitoring and maintain service level agreements (SLAs)
• Lead incident response and troubleshooting for critical issues

Infrastructure & DevOps Oversight

• Review and approve CI/CD pipeline designs and automation strategies
• Oversee infrastructure architecture decisions and cloud resource planning
• Guide security and compliance implementation in infrastructure
• Review disaster recovery and backup strategies
• Ensure proper monitoring and alerting systems are in place
• Validate environment configuration management practices

Data & ML Operations

• Guide data pipeline architecture and implementation
• Oversee ML model development, deployment, and monitoring
• Ensure data quality, security, and compliance standards are met
• Direct the implementation of MLOps practices and tools

Team Development

• Mentor and guide technical growth of team members across all domains
• Conduct technical interviews and participate in hiring decisions
• Plan and oversee onboarding of new team members
• Identify training needs and facilitate knowledge sharing

Process & Documentation

• Maintain technical documentation and system architecture diagrams
• Establish and refine development workflows and processes
• Oversee JIRA ticket management and workflow
• Ensure proper documentation of incidents, changes, and solutions
• Review and approve operational runbooks