Senior Data Engineer - Snowflake
Senior Data Engineer on a 12-month fully remote UK contract, building and optimising Snowflake data pipelines and data models, improving performance and data quality, and mentoring junior engineers. Core stack: Snowflake, data warehousing, Python, SQL, JSON/XML, MySQL and MSSQL Server. Salary £75,000–£85,000 plus benefits.
- Compensation
- £75K–£85K / yr
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Work setup
- Remote
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Data engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Extensive hands-on experience with Snowflake
- Data Warehousing experience
- Python
- SQL
- JSON
- XML
- MySQL
- MSSQL Server
Full description
Senior Data Engineer - SnowflakeFully Remote (UK Based)12 month fixed-term Contract£75,000 - £85,000 + benefits
Are you passionate about harnessing data to drive meaningful transformation? As a Senior Data Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in strengthening their data ecosystem, ensuring that high quality data fuels innovation across the business. You will collaborate closely with teams across the company, designing, developing, and optimising scalable data solutions that elevate decision making and operational efficiency. You'll play a key role in mentoring and upskilling fellow data engineers, helping them deepen their expertise in Snowflake and optimise their workflows for scalability and efficiency
What You will Be Doing:
- Crafting and refining data pipelines that transform raw information into actionable insights.
- Designing robust data models and database structures that support large scale information processing.
- Partnering with product managers and engineers to understand data needs and usage patterns.
- Implementing performance enhancing techniques such as indexing, caching, and partitioning.
- Providing mentorship and guidance to junior data professionals, fostering knowledge sharing and collaboration.
- Establishing rigorous data validation and quality assurance processes to maintain integrity across systems.
- Troubleshooting and resolving data related challenges, ensuring stability and efficiency.
- Keeping pace with industry developments to refine and enhance our approach.
Technical Skills & Experience:
- Extensive hands-on experience with Snowflake is a must
- Data Warehousing
- Python, SQL
- JSON, XML
- MySQL, MSSQL Server
Here at Southern Lights, we strive to create an inclusive environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to contribute fully. Our recruitment practices are designed to ensure that all candidates have an equal opportunity to succeed, regardless of their race, colour, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, religion, or socioeconomic background.
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