Lead AI & Data Engineer, GenAI on Snowflake

Allura Partners; Sydney; On-site; AUD 225,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

Allura Partners is partnering with a well-established ASX-listed Sydney financial services business thats building out its data and AI capability. We seek a principal technical lead to shape the next phase.

This is a hands-on role with no direct reports. You will own the design and build of AI systems on Snowflake, collaborating with AI and platform engineers, and acting as the go-to technical voice for business and technology leaders.

Qualifications

• Strong data engineering background with SQL and Python on Snowflake or a comparable modern cloud data platform.
• Production experience building AI, GenAI or ML systems, beyond proofs of concept.
• Experience designing enterprise data models, such as Data Vault or dimensional.
• A solid grasp of what AI and ML need from data, including feature preparation and retrieval.
• A clear communicator who can bring non-technical leaders along.

Responsibilities

• Design and build AI systems on top of the Snowflake platform, from data foundations through to production.
• Build GenAI capability into the platform itself, including embeddings, search and LLM-powered data products.
• Own the target architecture and data models supporting analytics, ML and GenAI.
• Set the patterns, standards and tooling engineers use day to day, including AI coding assistants.
• Make sure what's built is monitored, governed and cost-effective, while coaching engineers and helping leaders turn business problems into workable technical solutions.

Skills

SQL

Python

Snowflake

GenAI/ML systems

Data modeling

Data Vault

Dimensional modeling

Architecture leadership

Communication

Job description

Allura Partners is partnering with a well-established ASX-listed Sydney financial services business thats building out its data and AI capability. We seek a principal technical lead to shape the next phase.

This is a hands-on role with no direct reports. You will own the design and build of AI systems on Snowflake, collaborating with AI and platform engineers, and acting as the go-to technical voice for business and technology leaders.