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Lead Data Engineer
Livescore9 · 🇬🇧 London
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About the role
Soho, London Hybrid working: 3 days in the office Tues - Thurs The Role To provide technical leadership and hands-on contribution within a data engineering team, designing, building, and optimizing robust data pipelines and infrastructure for a global sports betting and media business. This role is crucial in delivering high-quality data solutions that support LiveScore’s strategic goals and embody our commitment to being Fan Driven and a Champion of Sport. You will mentor junior engineers and ensure technical excellence in your domain. At LiveScore Group, we’re the proud home of three of the most exciting brands in the sports and gaming world: LiveScore, LiveScore Bet and Virgin Bet. A fully owned and operated ecosystem that converges the two worlds of sports media and sports betting. We’re proud of the high ratings for our commitment to excellence and fueling fan’s passion for sport driving us to the top. We don’t just lead; we innovate. Our cutting-edge products and immersive experiences set the standard, but it’s our people who truly make the difference. Every day, our team embody our values: adaptability, teamwork, a fan-driven approach, and an ever-curious mindset that fuels our ambition. As we scale and continue to create a culture that allows all employees to thrive, we know we need the most talented people with diverse backgrounds, perspectives and skills. If you’re good at what you do, come and join us. The more inclusive we are, the more amazing experiences we can create for our users. We know that job descriptions can sometimes seem daunting, and you might not feel you tick every box. But, if you’re passionate about the role and have relevant experience, we want to hear from you! Key Responsibilities • Technical Leadership and Guidance: Act as a primary technical point of contact and subject matter expert for specific data engineering projects or domains, guiding team members through complex technical challenges and promoting innovative solutions. • End-to-End Data Solution Development: Design, develop, test, and deploy highly scalable, reliable, and fault-tolerant data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes. This includes data ingestion from diverse sources, data transformation, and data loading into various data stores (e.g., data warehouses, data lakes). • Architectural Implementation: Work closely with Data Architects to translate architectural blueprints and standards into concrete implementations, ensuring new data components align with the overall data strategy and infrastructure requirements. • Mentorship and Skill Development: Actively mentor and coach junior and mid-level data engineers, providing constructive feedback, sharing technical knowledge, and fostering their growth in coding, data modeling, and general data engineering best practices. • Hands-On Contribution: Maintain a significant hands-on role in coding, data modeling, infrastructure-as-code development, and platform configuration, leading by example and ensuring high-quality output. • Data Quality and Performance Assurance: Take direct responsibility for ensuring the quality, integrity, and performance of data assets within their assigned domain or projects, implementing monitoring, validation, and optimization strategies. • Operational Efficiency and Cost Optimization: Proactively identify and implement technical optimizations for data processing, storage, and infrastructure utilization to improve efficiency, reduce operational costs, and enhance system performance. • Code Review and Best Practices: Lead and participate in rigorous code reviews, advocating for and enforcing engineering best practices, coding standards, and architectural patterns to maintain high code quality and system stability. • Complex Problem Solving: Diag