Lead Data Engineer

Please see the attached Job Description document for full duties and responsibilities for this position.

Job description Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description document for full duties and responsibilities for this position.

Person Specification

Additional Criteria Essential

• A strong commitment to patient care and quality services, improving outcomes, tackling health inequalities, and delivering the best value for money for the taxpayer.
• High level of emotional intelligence.
• Proven experience of leading and coordinating complex programmes of work, balancing competing priorities and organisational pressures.
• Team player committed to open collegiate relationships and corporate effectiveness.
• Integrity and ability to engender trust and respect from colleagues at all levels.
• Committed to upholding, the NHS principles and values as set out in the NHS Constitution.
• Demonstrates a commitment to upholding The Nolan Principles of Public Life along with an ability to reflect them in his/her leadership role and the culture of the ICB.

Experience Essential

• Experience in the creation of data models and associated schema.
• Experience of using relevant industry standard integration / API products and tools.
• Significant experience in creation of data ingestion pipelines, use of data storage, application of automation and the use of databases in a modern data platform.
• Experienced in Data Integration via APIs, ETL and ELT, Batch, FAAS.
• Experienced in architectural design for quality control, security standards and information governance controls.
• An understanding of Data Sharing Agreements and their practical application.
• A working knowledge of matrix working & Population Health Management.
• An understanding of the importance of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
• Strong experience of line management.
• Experience of project management.
• Experience of working and engaging with senior clinical staff.
• Experience working in the IT industry.
• Proven track record of achieving complex targets and deadlines.
• Ability to plan at both operational and strategic timescales, aligning data engineering delivery with wider organisational objectives.
• Strong negotiating skills and evidence of creating consensus in potentially hostile environments.

Qualifications Essential

• Educated to masters degree level in relevant discipline or equivalent experience gained at senior level.
• Project management qualification to post graduate level or equivalent experience.
• Extensive experience working at a senior level in data engineering or data platform roles, including responsibility for complex, organisation-wide data solutions.

Person Specification Additional Criteria Essential

• A strong commitment to patient care and quality services, improving outcomes, tackling health inequalities, and delivering the best value for money for the taxpayer.
• High level of emotional intelligence.
• Proven experience of leading and coordinating complex programmes of work, balancing competing priorities and organisational pressures.
• Team player committed to open collegiate relationships and corporate effectiveness.
• Integrity and ability to engender trust and respect from colleagues at all levels.
• Committed to upholding, the NHS principles and values as set out in the NHS Constitution.
• Demonstrates a commitment to upholding The Nolan Principles of Public Life along with an ability to reflect them in his/her leadership role and the culture of the ICB.

Experience Essential

• Experience in the creation of data models and associated schema.
• Experience of using relevant industry standard integration / API products and tools.
• Significant experience in creation of data ingestion pipelines, use of data storage, application of automation and the use of databases in a modern data platform.
• Experienced in Data Integration via APIs, ETL and ELT, Batch, FAAS.
• Experienced in architectural design for quality control, security standards and information governance controls.
• An understanding of Data Sharing Agreements and their practical application.
• A working knowledge of matrix working & Population Health Management.
• An understanding of the importance of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
• Strong experience of line management.
• Experience of project management.
• Experience of working and engaging with senior clinical staff.
• Experience working in the IT industry.
• Proven track record of achieving complex targets and deadlines.
• Ability to plan at both operational and strategic timescales, aligning data engineering delivery with wider organisational objectives.
• Strong negotiating skills and evidence of creating consensus in potentially hostile environments.

Qualifications Essential

• Educated to masters degree level in relevant discipline or equivalent experience gained at senior level.
• Project management qualification to post graduate level or equivalent experience.
• Extensive experience working at a senior level in data engineering or data platform roles, including responsibility for complex, organisation-wide data solutions.

Employer details

Employer name

NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board

Address

NHS West Yorkshire ICB

Scorex House West

1 Bolton Road

BRADFORD

West Yorkshire

BD1 4AS

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://www.westyorkshire.icb.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board

Address

NHS West Yorkshire ICB

Scorex House West

1 Bolton Road

BRADFORD

West Yorkshire

BD1 4AS

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://www.westyorkshire.icb.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Analytical Services

Jonathan Booker

[email protected]

Details

Date posted

12 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£57,528 to £64,750 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

D9475-ICB-675

Job locations

NHS West Yorkshire ICB

Scorex House West

1 Bolton Road

BRADFORD

West Yorkshire

BD1 4AS

United Kingdom

Job overview

NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) is seeking an experienced and innovative Lead Data Engineer to provide technical leadership across our data engineering function. This is a key senior role responsible for shaping and delivering the data and analytics platforms, pipelines and cloud-based solutions that underpin insight generation, analytics and decision-making across the ICB. Working with senior managers and subject matter experts from all the functions of the ICB as well as partner organisations, you will lead the development of scalable, innovative and high performing data solutions, drive automation and continuous improvement, and support the delivery of our data strategy. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced data engineering professional with strong technical expertise, leadership skills and a passion for using data and technology, to improve health outcomes and reduce inequalities across West Yorkshire.

Main duties

As Lead Data Engineer, the post holder will provide senior technical leadership for data engineering within the ICB, steering the adoption, development and continuous improvement of enterprise data platforms and services. You will be responsible for delivering modern cloud-based data solutions, developing automated data pipelines, data models and integration services, and ensuring high standards of quality, security, governance and performance.