Lead Data (Product) Engineer £57,515 - £82,430
| Posting date: | 07 May 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £57,515 to £82,430 per year |
| Additional salary information: | The base pay is £57,515. In addition to this, the role includes a Digital and Data allowance of up to £24,915. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 May 2026 |
| Location: | Swansea |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 459925/1 |
Summary
Are you looking for a role within a reputable public organisation?
If so, we would love to hear from you!
Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:
- Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
- 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday
- Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
Read more in the Benefits section below!
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We are seeking an experienced Lead Data (Product) Engineer to join our data platform team to help us deliver high-impact data products enabling better decisions, insights and services across the DVLA. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading data engineering projects, ensuring the efficient processing and management of data across the organization.
The role requires strong understanding of data modelling and processing but focuses on practical ability to implement the solutions using a range of technologies and languages (e.g. SQL, Python, Databricks, Apache Spark, Lakehouse and various RDBMS).
This is a senior, hands‑on leadership role. You will get to lead a team working on a modern data platform, collaborating with engineering product teams delivering services and working closely with reporting teams and data scientists to help understand and optimise our digital services. You will set direction and standards for data product engineering, ensuring that data products are well‑designed, reliable, secure and aligned to user needs. While you will not be responsible for building or operating the underlying data platform, you will work in close partnership with platform teams to ensure data products are delivered efficiently and sustainably.
Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:
Responsible for the design and implementation of complex data flows connecting operational systems for data storage, analytics and business intelligence applications. Recognise and share opportunities to reuse existing data flows between teams. Build data products using data-streaming systems. Co-ordinate teams and set best practice and standards. Apply knowledge of systems integration to your work. Champion data engineering across government.Design and assure robust data models and integrations that meet standards, improve data quality, and enable reuse across teams.Lead performance optimisation across data platforms, anticipating risks and defining standards that balance cost, scalability and reliability.Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.
For further information on the role, please read the attached role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.
Open Sessions: Would you like to find out more about the role, the team and what it’s like to work in our department? If so, we are organising an open session where you can virtually 'meet the team' on 20th May 2026 at 12pm. Sign up here
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