Data Engineer - Snowflake | DBT | SQL

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8 months ago
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Job Title: Data Engineer - Snowflake | DBT | SQL

£700/day (Umbrella)

London - 3 days per week on-site

6 months (Initial Contract)

Are you ready to play a key role in shaping the future of a high-impact enterprise data platform? Join a fast-growing data team working on a greenfield data warehousing project at one of the world's most respected financial institutions.

This is an opportunity to work on cutting-edge data infrastructure using Snowflake, DBT, and Sigma, supporting business-critical data needs and enabling meaningful insights at scale. You'll be part of a collaborative team split across London and Ireland, contributing to a platform that directly supports secure, scalable data sharing and real-time decision-making.

What You'll Be Doing:

Model and build robust, scalable data pipelines and warehouse structures using Snowflake and DBT
Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure data solutions meet customer and business needs
Develop and optimise data models to support real-time analytics and long-term scalability
Contribute to platform architecture, data governance, and overall data strategy
Use Sigma (or similar BI tools) for visualisation and secure data sharing

What We're Looking For:

Strong SQL and data modelling skills
Proven experience with Snowflake and DBT
Familiarity with Sigma, Looker, Power BI, or similar BI/data sharing tools
Ability to design scalable, customer-focused data models
Experience in enterprise-level data platforms and event-driven architectures is a plus
Understanding of data security and GDPR compliance is desirable

Why Join This Project?

You'll be part of a forward-thinking organisation known for its commitment to innovation, resilience, and customer trust in the financial services space. This is a chance to work on a mission-critical project in the early stages of development-giving you a voice in shaping both the technical platform and the long-term data vision.

Candidates will ideally show evidence of the above in their CV to be considered please click the "apply" button.

Please be advised if you haven't heard from us within 48 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you accordingly.

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