Lead Data Consultant - AWS / Databricks

About Scale Factory We are an AI enablement consultancy. Delivering quality-led AI-first foundations, embedding capability and excellence into the foundational fabric of the companies we work with. We give leaders the confidence to move faster, take smarter risks and pursue transformation.

Formerly Ten10, we have deep roots in Quality which means we don't just build for the future, we ensure it actually works. We combine this engineering discipline with cutting-edge AI expertise to deliver robust, scalable foundations that turn ambitious transformation into reliable reality.

Role Purpose We see data as the foundations for AI and are growing our data practice to help businesses embrace the future and make their data fit for the AI age. We are seeking an AI literate (and willing to learn / gain certifications in this important new area) Data Leader.

You will act as a senior technical lead and hands-on data architect on client engagements. You'll work directly with client engineering teams, data leads, and technical stakeholders to design, build, and deploy production-grade data platforms and AI applications.

Rooted in the codebase, you will lead delivery teams by example, ensuring high engineering standards, robust software practices, and architectural alignment. Off-project, you will contribute directly to shaping our technical practice by building reference implementations, accelerators, and reusable delivery assets.

Technical Architecture & Delivery Design end-to-end target data platforms (ingestion, storage, transformation, serving, and governance) in alignment with overall technical direction. Make and document key architectural decisions and technical trade-offs (e.g., lakehouse vs. warehouse, AI context stores).

Translate business and functional requirements into scalable, resilient data pipeline architectures and detailed technical roadmaps. Embed non-functional requirements, data security, privacy, lineage, quality controls, and FinOps guardrails directly into the engineering design.

Hands-on Engineering & Technical Leadership Serve as the Tech Lead on client engagements where required, guiding delivery teams and unblocking technical hurdles. Write, review, and maintain production-grade code. Establish and champion practice engineering standards, including unit/integration testing, CI/CD pipelines, automated deployments, environments, and observability. Mentor, coach, and support mid-level and senior engineers to ele...

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