Lead Data Engineer Location: London, City (Hybrid) £ Highly competitive base with bonus and benefits Lead Data Engineer is sought by expanding central data platform team within a prestigious global wealth management organisation. This role offers the opportunity to help shape enterprise-wide data engineering standards, contribute to platform strategy, and build modern, scalable data solutions that support business-critical decision-making. Essential to this role are strong python skills, expertise in MS Fabric, SQL, data warehousing, Data Lake and Azure technologies. The Role As the Lead Data Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining modern data solutions using Microsoft Fabric and Azure technologies. You will contribute to the development of engineering standards, optimise platform performance, and support the adoption of secure, scalable, and observable data architectures. Working closely with stakeholders, product owners, analysts, data scientists, and platform specialists, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality data products and promoting best practices across federated data teams. Key Responsibilities Define and implement data engineering standards, frameworks, and best practices. Design, build, and maintain secure, scalable, and observable data pipelines. Develop data solutions using Microsoft Fabric, Lakehouse, and Data Warehouse architectures. Implement and manage Medallion Architecture patterns for data ingestion and t