Engineering Director - remote based - UK or the Netherlands
Here at Precision AQ we are building a Data Hub, a centralized platform team, to be responsible for consolidating legacy data infrastructure, establishing enterprise data foundation and governance and enabling AI/ML capabilities across the organization. The Data Hub is moving from strategy to execution. We have a charter, a roadmap, executive sponsorship, and a clear mandate: consolidate fragmented data pipelines into a governed, scale able platform that serves multiple business units and product lines. We are now hiring an engineering leader who can build and run the team.
Job Summary:
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Stand up and scale a high-performing engineering team
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Own day-to-day engineering operations: sprint delivery, technical quality, capacity planning
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Drive technical excellence: architecture decisions, code quality, DevOps/GitOps practices, production reliability
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Be the primary escalation point for technical blockers, cross-team dependencies and delivery risks
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Partner with the SVP on hiring, team development, vendor relationships and strategic planning
Key Responsibilities:
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Engineering Team Leadership: Build, lead, and develop a team of data engineers, analytics engineers, and platform engineers. Set expectations, run 1:1s, manage performance, and create an environment where strong engineers want to stay and grow. You are accountable for the team’s output, quality, and morale.
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Sprint Delivery and Capacity Management: Own the engineering delivery cadence. Run sprint planning, standups, and retrospectives. Manage capacity across concurrent workstreams (platform build, migrations, feature development). Ensure commitments are realistic and met.
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Technical Design and Archi