Data Engineer: Snowflake, Kafka & AWS Pipelines

Lorien; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Lorien is seeking a Data Analyst/Engineer on a 6-month contract in Greater London to join a UK banking client. The role emphasizes Snowflake data warehousing, Airflow orchestration, AWS services (S3, Lambda), Kafka, and Python for building scalable data pipelines.

The successful candidate will lead technical initiatives, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to code reviews and best practices within a cloud-native environment in the UK.

Qualifications

• Experience with Snowflake for data warehousing and writing efficient SQL.
• Orchestration and workflow management using Airflow.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services, especially S3 and Lambda.
• Familiarity with Kafka concepts and streaming data pipelines integration.
• Strong data modelling, ETL/ELT, and performance optimization.
• Proficiency in Python for data engineering tasks and automation.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical initiatives within the team and drive best practices.
• Mentor junior engineers on coding standards and design patterns.
• Participate in code reviews and foster continuous improvement.

Skills

Snowflake

Airflow

AWS

S3

Lambda

Kafka

Data modelling

ETL/ELT

Python

Data pipelines

Git

Code reviews

Mentoring

CI/CD

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Lorien is seeking a Data Analyst/Engineer on a 6-month contract in Greater London to join a UK banking client. The role emphasizes Snowflake data warehousing, Airflow orchestration, AWS services (S3, Lambda), Kafka, and Python for building scalable data pipelines.

The successful candidate will lead technical initiatives, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to code reviews and best practices within a cloud-native environment in the UK.