Lead Data Platform Engineer

G.Digital • manchester, north west • Posted June 11, 2026

About the Role

Lead Data Platfrom Engineer - £110k | Lead a Data Engineering function | HealthTech | Python, Spark, Data Bricks, AWS, Azure | Manchester / hybrid working


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G.Digital have exclusively partnered with an exciting HealthTech business looking to hire a Lead Data Engineer to build and shape a brand-new Data Engineering function from the ground up.

This isn’t your standard leadership role and definitely won’t suit everyone...


Initially, you’ll be hands-on delivering a critical Data Engineering project expected to run for the first 3–6 months

From there, you’ll have the autonomy to define what the Data Engineering capability looks like moving forward — tooling, architecture, strategy and team build included

Huge opportunity to genuinely influence engineering direction within a scaling bus...