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Senior Data Engineer (Permanent)

LEIT DATA
City of London
1 month ago
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Overview

Senior Data Engineer (Permanent) at LEIT DATA. We are passionate about data and offer a culture that fosters innovation, personal development and career growth opportunities.

Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with clients to design and build modern data platforms using a variety of technologies
  • Lead the design and implementation of complex, cloud-based data ingestion and transformation pipelines
  • Implement scalable and secure data platforms
  • Mentor and upskill other engineers, both client and internal
  • Help drive effective development patterns and delivery practices
  • Help maintain and improve internal tools and design patterns
  • Continually improve with our internal development program, including mentoring and paid training / certifications
Day-to-day
  • Work with stakeholders from client teams across engineering, architecture, senior management and CXO level personnel
  • Collaborate with external parties (partners or other consultancies) working with the client
  • Contribute to excellent quality and value for clients
  • Assess business needs and translate them into technical requirements, design patterns and development stories
  • Lead engineering teams where required
Key Duties And Responsibilities
  • Lead or deliver data platforms for client projects following modern best practices
  • Work solo or in teams; operate as a professional consultant
  • Leverage LEIT resources and strategic partners
  • Learn and develop consultancy and data skills with a focus on Snowflake and its ecosystem
Key Skills
  • Hands-on experience with Snowflake
  • SnowPro Core certified (or completing within 3 months of joining; aim for advanced certification later)
  • AWS and/or Azure certification
  • Advanced SQL skills and query optimization
  • Experience with modern data stack (dbt, Airflow or similar)
  • Experience with Python, containers (Docker), CI/CD, IaC
  • Experience with real-time / event-based data and data quality frameworks
  • Working knowledge of data regulations (e.g., GDPR) and SDLC
Specific Role Benefits
  • Opportunity to explore new features across vendor products through client implementations or partnerships
  • Potential to manage larger teams and work on internal R&D or product-based projects
  • Opportunity to work alongside leading professionals in the data industry


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