At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the evolution of a Snowflake-based Data Lakehouse platform and deliver data solutions.
- Company: Fast-growing FCA-regulated financial services organisation with a dynamic work culture.
- Benefits: Competitive daily rate, hybrid working, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Initial 3-month contract with potential for extension and excellent career development.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in the financial sector while working with cutting-edge data technologies.
- Qualifications: Experience in financial services and expertise in Snowflake, SQL, and Power BI.
Contract Location: London (Hybrid, 4 days per week onsite)
Contract Length: Initial 3-Month Contract
Rate: Up to £500 per day
Start Date: ASAP
The Role
We're supporting a fast-growing, FCA-regulated financial services organisation seeking a Senior Data Engineer to lead the evolution of its Snowflake-based Data Lakehouse platform. This is a hands-on contract role that will see you working across the full data life cycle, from architecture and ingestion through to modelling, governance, and business intelligence. You'll play a key role in delivering data solutions that support trading, operational, and commercial decision-making across the business.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and enhance a Snowflake-based Data Lakehouse environment.
- Develop scalable data models and enterprise data warehouse solutions.
- Build and optimise dbt pipelines using best practice frameworks.
- Deliver business-critical reporting and dashboards through Power BI.
- Drive performance optimisation, governance, and data quality initiatives.
- Work directly with business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
Essential Experience:
- Financial Services, Trading, Capital Markets, or FinTech experience.
- Proven experience designing and delivering Data Warehouse or Lakehouse solutions on Snowflake.
- Advanced SQL and data modelling expertise, including dimensional modelling and star/snowflake schemas.
- Strong commercial experience with dbt.
- Extensive Power BI experience.
- Strong Snowflake optimisation experience, including warehouse sizing, clustering, query profiling, and cost management.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
If you are interested in finding out more details on the role, please apply today!
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