Lead Data Engineer - Audience Measurement

Ipsos is recruiting a Lead Data Engineer to help drive the technical evolution of our Audience Measurement data platforms. Joining a wider group of engineering leaders, you will act as a technical anchor for your team championing an architecture rooted in managed cloud services, cost-conscious design, and incremental improvement. You will work closely with Product Managers to define requirements and our Production team to ensure operational stability, delivering scalable and modern data solutions.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work on technologies chosen intentionally, favouring proven tools that reduce cognitive load and maximise team velocity. Our core ecosystem revolves around:

Modern Python for backend services and data processing.

Cloud-native serverless compute and managed workflow orchestrators. We operate across both AWS and GCP. Deep expertise in either is welcome, with opportunities to cross-train on the other.

Serverless NoSQL, Object Storage, and Serverless Analytics for our data layers.

Event buses and messaging queues for asynchronous, decoupled processing.

Infrastructure as Code (Pulumi/Terraform) and containerized deployments.

As a Lead Data Engineer, you will guide the platform's evolution toward serverless, event-driven patterns, moving away from container-orchestrated workflows toward managed cloud services.

Your key responsibilities will include:

Vision and Strategy: Champion the architectural vision within your domain. You will translate business needs into a practical, cost-conscious strategy and effectively communicate this to all stakeholders.

Technical Leadership & Line Management: Act as a lead technical authority for data engineering, which includes line management responsibilities for a small team of engineers. You will guide the team on best practices, decoupled logic, and incremental modernization.