Lead Data Engineer (Kafka/Kinesis)

Lead Data Engineer Up to £100,000 *Kafka or Kinesis required London (4 days onsite) This is a great opportunity to join a high-growth organisation where you can take ownership of building and architecting a greenfield data platform for an AI-driven product. THE COMPANY:This is an early-stage, venture-backed company building the operating system for modern property management through its AI platform. THE ROLE:You will take ownership of the entire data architecture, acting as the most senior individual contributor within Data Engineering. This is a hands-on leadership role focused on technical ownership rather than people management. Key responsibilities include: • Designing and owning the company's data architecture from the ground up • Building scalable batch and real-time data pipelines • Developing data ingestion, storage, and transformation frameworks • Supporting AI and machine learning infrastructure, including vector search systems • Implementing data quality, monitoring, and observability practices • Collaborating closely with AI, backend engineering, and product teams • Optimising performance, scalability, and reliability of large datasets • Influencing long-term technical strategy and laying foundations for the data function YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:You will bring strong capability in: • Python development and building scalable distributed data systems • Data architecture design and pipeline development • Batch and streaming data processing • Relational databases (PostgreSQL or similar) • NoSQL and modern vector databases (e.g., Qdrant, Milvus, pgvector) THE BENEFITS:You will receive a salary of up to £100,000 depending on experience. HOW TO APPLY:Please register your interest by sending your CV to Molly Bird via the apply link on this page.