Lead Data Engineer

Descripción del puesto

🚀 Why Midnite? Midnite is a next-generation sports betting and gaming platform built for a new wave of players. We combine sharp product thinking, bold brand, and fast execution to create experiences that feel modern, intuitive, and built for how people actually play today. Over 400,000 players have already made the move, and we’re only just getting started. We’re a high-performance team operating at pace. High ownership. Constant iteration. No hiding behind processes. We move quickly, test relentlessly, and turn ambitious ideas into real impact. If you’re driven, creative, and thrive in fast-moving environments where you can shape meaningful outcomes - keep reading. Not your grandad’s bookie. 👀 The Role Title: Lead Data Engineer Team: Data Location: UK, remote Salary: £100,000 - £120,000 (flexibility for exceptional candidate) We’re looking for a Lead Data Engineer to drive the next phase of our data platform strategy at Midnite. This is a hands-on technical leadership role where you’ll set direction, own the design and scalability of our data infrastructure, and help build the platform that enables analysts and stakeholders to self-serve. We’re looking for a software-engineering-first data platform leader: someone with strong engineering fundamentals, sound technical judgment, and the ability to mentor others while remaining hands-on. You’ll work across the full data lifecycle from ingestion and modelling to orchestration, monitoring, and analytics enablement. You’ll help us make scalable technical decisions, support multi-territory expansion, improve platform reliability, and move the business toward lower-latency insights where it matters most. Our Tech Stack Snowflake, Apache Iceberg, Python, Docker, Dagster, dbt, Terraform, AWS, and Omni. We have a modern stack overall and welcome input from engineering leaders on how we can improve scalability, reliability, and efficiency. You will: Partner with the Head of Data to own the technical strategy for data engine