Head of Data Engineering

Remote (UK only)/Hybrid

Lead. Build. Scale.

At Landmark, data engineering is not a back-office function, it’s a core platform capability that underpins our products, insights, and decision-making across the Group. We’re looking for a hands-on Head of Data Engineering who enjoys designing modern data platforms, getting deep into architecture decisions, and leading by example.

This role is ideal for someone who wants to stay technically credible, shape strategy, and still be close to how things are built.

What it's like to work at Landmark:

At Landmark, you'll find a friendly, dynamic, and supportive team that values bold ideas, big dreams, and active curiosity. We foster a culture of innovation, encouraging everyone to contribute to the development and direction of our products and services, while continuously seeking new and efficient ways to work.

Collaboration and sociability are at the heart of what we do, and we take pride in coming together to achieve great things.

We offer a range of benefits to support your well-being and career growth, including:

• Competitive Salary
• Generous Holiday Allowance: 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, with the option of adding up to 5 additional unpaid leave days per year
• Annual Lifestyle Allowance: £300 to spend on an activity of your choice
• Pension Scheme: Matched up to 6% for the first 3 years, and up to 10% thereafter
• Private Health Insurance: Provided by Vitality
• Group Income Protection Scheme
• Charitable Fundraising: Matched funding for your efforts
• Cycle to Work and Gym Flex Schemes
• Internal Coaching and Mentoring: Available throughout your time with us
• Training and Career Progression: A strong focus on your development
• Family-Friendly Policies

The Opportunity

As Head of Data Engineering, you will set the direction for Landmark’s data platforms and lead teams responsible for delivering trusted, scalable, and high-quality data services to a wide range of consumers — from analytics and insight to downstream products and services.

You will:

• Design, evolve, and own the data platform architecture across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments
• Remain hands-on with design and delivery, contributing to architectural decisions, technical reviews, and complex problem-solving
• Lead the build and optimisation of robust, scalable data pipelines supporting analytics, products, and ML workloads
• Define and implement engineering standards, patterns, and best practices
• Work closely with Data Operations, Insight, and Product teams to deliver high-quality data services
• Own the service model for data engineering, including reliability, performance, and operational excellence
• Implement governance around access, retention, resilience, and recovery
• Manage platform and team cost models with a clear understanding of technical trade-offs
• Act as a senior technical leader, shaping strategy and influencing decisions across the Group

This role offers real scope to modernise, simplify, scale and to leave a lasting imprint on how data is used across the business.

About You

You’re an experienced data engineering leader who combines technical depth with clear leadership and strategic thinking. You enjoy working at scale, navigating complexity, and enabling teams to do their best work.

You’ll bring:

• Proven experience leading high-performing Data Engineering and Data Architecture teams
• A strong track record of building enterprise-grade data integration and analytics platforms
• Knowledge of the Azure data ecosystem (e.g. Azure SQL, Data Lakes, ADF, Power BI)
• Strong hands-on understanding of SQL and Python
• Strong awareness of, and appreciation for, open-source data technologies and ecosystems
• Experience designing and consuming APIs
• Expertise in ETL / ELT patterns, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code
• Solid grounding in data modelling and scalable pipeline architecture
• Experience supporting ML workloads and diverse data types
• A strong operational mindset, with accountability for reliability, SLAs, and service quality
• Understanding of Geospatial data would be hugely beneficial

Most importantly, you’re someone who enjoys setting direction, raising standards, and inspiring teams.

About Landmark

Landmark Information Group holds a wide portfolio of market leading Prop-Tech (property technology) businesses that span an incredible range of markets and technology platforms across the sector.  We are at the forefront of innovation and thought leadership in the property industry, being a supplier of national property-related data.

We deliver award-winning solutions to estate agency, conveyancing, surveying, lender valuations, land asset management, environmental consultancy, and Government markets.  This is a chance to join the business as we make major steps forward in leveraging the latest cloud and large-scale technologies to start bringing together the entire market to a unified platform.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer.  We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.