Job Vacancy Lead Data Engineer - Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency - G7

Swansea

Government Digital & Data

Data Engineering

Databricks

Python

SQL

Job position Lead Data Engineer - Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency - G7

Permanent

As soon as possible

£57k

Hybrid

Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom

Published on 07/05/2026

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This Lead Data Engineer role sits within DVLA’s data platform team, working on modern, large-scale data systems that drive better decisions, insights and digital services.

Why this role stands out

Lead engineering for high-impact data products across DVLA
Work with modern technologies including Databricks, Spark, and lakehouse architectures
Shape standards and best practice across a growing data function
Collaborate with product teams, analysts and data scientists
Play a key role in improving digital services at national scale

What you’ll be doing

Leading the design and build of data pipelines and data products
Developing robust data models and integrations across systems
Ensuring data is processed efficiently for analytics and business intelligence
Driving best practice and standards across data engineering teams
Supporting performance optimisation and balancing cost, scalability and reliability
Working across teams to enable reuse of data and improve delivery

Candidate profile

Who this role could suit

This role could be a strong fit if experience includes:

Leading data engineering or data platform delivery
Strong SQL and Python development skills
Experience with big data technologies (e.g. Spark, Databricks)
Data modelling, warehousing and large-scale data processing
Mentoring teams and setting engineering standards

Working environment

Location: Swansea

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Lead Data Engineer - Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency - G7

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