Lead Data Engineer
Up to £85,000
London based x3 a week
I'm looking for a Lead Data Engineer to take ownership of a Data Platform — a central enabler of insight, innovation, and growth. This is a unique opportunity to build and scale a modern data stack leveraging Snowflake and AWS, playing a hands-on leadership role in a fast-evolving, data-driven organisation.
You’ll combine deep technical skill with strategic thinking and people leadership. From architecting scalable pipelines to leading complex cross-functional initiatives, your work will empower analytics, unlock decision-making, and directly impact commercial outcomes.
What You’ll Do:
Design and develop robust data pipelines using Snowflake, AWS services, and modern orchestration tools
Lead the evolution of our data platform — frameworks, automation, tooling, and performance — with Snowflake at its core
Drive data integration from multiple sources (APIs, DBs, external feeds) into a unified Snowflake-powered analytics environment
Build production-ready data models and schemas optimised for performance, cost, and business accessibility
Collaborate closely with DevOps, QA, analysts, and business teams to deliver impactful data products
Provide technical leadership and mentoring to a growing team of data engineers
Enforce best practices in version control, documentation, monitoring, and automated testing
Ensure data quality, security, and governance within a scalable, cloud-native infrastructure
Partner with stakeholders to ensure the data platform supports current and future reporting, forecasting, and AI use cases
Stay ahead of the curve in Snowflake, AWS, and modern data engineering tooling
About You:
Proven experience as a Data Engineer working with Snowflake in a production environment
Strong cloud expertise, especially within AWS (S3, Glue, Lambda, Redshift, IAM, etc.)
Proficient in SQL, Python, and tools like dbt, Airflow, or similar
Experience optimising cost, performance, and scalability across large Snowflake environments
Excellent communicator with a proactive, ownership mindset
Passionate about coaching others, setting standards, and building elegant, scalable data solutions
