# Lead Data Engineer

Who is HelloKindred? HelloKindred are specialists in staffing marketing, creative and technology roles, offering a range of talent solutions that can be delivered on-site, remotely or hybrid. Our vision is to make work accessible and people’s lives better. We do this by disrupting traditional employment barriers - connecting ambitious talent to flexible opportunities with trusted brands. Anticipated Contract End Date/Length: September 24, 2027 Work Setup: Remote Clearance Required: BPSS (UK resources only) Our client in the Information Technology and Services industry is looking for a Lead Data Engineer with advanced proficiency in R and experience developing, maintaining, quality assuring, and operating numerical models. The successful candidate will support the calculation of pEPR Local Authority (LA) payments and producer fees, ensuring that models remain robust, transparent, and fit for purpose. The role will also lead the data strategy for the Fees and Payments Calculator teams, identify data requirements, develop processes for gathering and maintaining essential datasets, and collaborate with wider data strategy teams to ensure alignment and reduce duplication. What you will

- **Id**: 1093683
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/hellokindred-lead-data-engineer>
- **Role**: Data Science
- **Role family**: Data Science
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: contractor
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: board_field
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: London, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 1
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-21T07:45:13Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-21
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T06:02:31Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 47
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4881
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 4311
- **Name**: HelloKindred
- **Domain**: hellokindred.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/hellokindred>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: yes
- **Employer type**: agency
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SmartRecruiters

## Salary

- **Max**: 472
- **Currency**: GBP
- **Period**: day
- **Usd annual**: 158750

## Technologies

- **data.table** — Optional: no
- **dplyr** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **GitHub** — Optional: no
- **R** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 47

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: All levels; Optional: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-21T16:21:29Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 14
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.399
- **P room**: 0.35
- **Age days**: 46
- **Expected fill days**: 19
- **Reasons**: conf:4, agency, velocity, win:tail
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 158750
- **Is top pay**: no

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