Lead Data Engineer

About the Business Quilter plc is a leading wealth management business, helping to enable brighter financial futures for every generation. Quilter oversees £157.4billion in customer investments (as of June 2026). It has an adviser and customer offering spanning financial advice, investment platforms, multi-asset investment solutions, and discretionary fund management. The business is comprised of two segments: Affluent and High Net Worth. Affluent encompasses the financial planning business, Quilter Financial Planning, the Quilter Investment Platform and Quilter Investors, the multi-asset investment solutions business. High Net Worth includes the discretionary fund management business, Quilter Cheviot, together with Quilter Cheviot Financial Planning – offering a highly personalised service to private clients, charities, trustees, and professional partners. Quilter Cheviot has presence throughout the UK, Ireland and Channel Islands. At Quilter we never stand still. Our foundations are rooted in our extraordinary expertise, which is trusted by hundreds of thousands of customers, but we have great ambitions to stay one step ahead and make an even greater difference to the people and communities we serve, including our colleagues. Our business is transforming, continually modernising, and becoming even more customer centric. So, if you want to be bold in the pursuit of your ambitions, bring new ideas, and challenge and evolve what we do, it’s the perfect time to join us About the Role Level: 4 Department: CDO Location: Southampton or London Contract type: Permanent   The role sits within the Chief Data Office (CDO) and reports to the Data Engineering Manager.   This role accelerates Quilter's data strategy by providing deep, technical leadership across one or more data domains; defining engineering standards, and delivering robust, scalable and secure solutions.   The Lead Data Engineer plays a pivotal role in enabling business value through the design, development, and continuous improvement of data products and platforms that support actionable insights across the organisation.   Working closely with engineers, architects, analysts, platform teams, and business stakeholders, the Lead Data Engineer is responsible for translating business requirements into robust technical solutions while driving engineering best practices and fostering a culture of technical excellence. The role requires deep technical expertise, strong problem-solving capabilities, and the ability to influence and guide both technical and non-technical stakeholders.   The key accountabilities for the role are as follows: Technical Leadership & Domain Ownership Provide technical leadership for one or more data domains, acting as the primary engineering authority and subject matter expert. Define, champion, and evolve data engineering standards, patterns, and best practices to ensure robust, efficient, secure, and maintainable solutions. Lead solution…