Head of Data Engineering

Morgan McKinley; Greater London; In loco; GBP 120.000 - 180.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Morgan McKinley is seeking a Head of Data Engineering for a global organisation undergoing a Data and AI modernization journey. This is a hands-on leadership role focused on building modern data platforms and delivering business outcomes.

You will own the design, build and optimisation of ingestion, transformation, and data provisioning on a Snowflake-centric platform, leading Snowflake implementation across the UK and India and setting engineering standards.

Competenze

• Experience designing and delivering data platforms.
• Hands-on Snowflake implementation in asset management or professional services.
• Ability to implement medallion architecture from raw to curated to consumption-ready layers.
• Proven track record mentoring data engineers across multiple regions.

Mansioni

• Own design, build and optimise ingestion, transformation and provisioning on Snowflake-centric platform.
• Lead Snowflake platform implementation and drive best practices across teams.
• Implement medallion architecture with clear data promotion standards.
• Mentor data engineers across UK and India and set delivery standards.
• Collaborate with Data Product, Analytics and AI teams on semantic models.
• Utilise Snowflake features: Snowpipe, Streams, Tasks, Dynamic Tables, Snowpark; SQL and Python with dbt.

Conoscenze

Snowflake

SQL

Python

dbt

Snowpipe/Streams/Tasks

Snowpark

Data modeling

Mentoring

Technical leadership

Strumenti

Snowflake Platform

dbt

Descrizione del lavoro

I'm currently looking for a Head of Data Engineering to join a global organisation going through a Data and AI modernisation journey. This is a data engineering leadership role, not a general engineering management role. They want a practitioner who has built modern data platforms. This is a hands‑on, practical leadership role. You should know how to use modern data technologies to design scalable solutions that deliver real business outcomes. This is a brand new role within this organisation and a great opportunity for someone to shape this data platform.

Job Oveview/Technical Spec

• Own the design, build and optimisation of ingestion, transformation and data provisioning on our Snowflake-centric platform.
• Hands‑on experience leading Snowflake platform implementation, ideally in an asset management/Professional services setting.
• Implement a medallion architecture, with clear standards for promoting data from raw to curated to consumption-ready layers.
• Lead, Inspire and mentor data engineers across the UK and India, and set the standards for delivery.
• Ideally Asset Management/Professional Services background
• Partner with Data Product, Analytics and AI teams to implement semantic models
• Technical Skills - Snowflake, including Snowpipe, Streams and Tasks, Dynamic Tables and Snowpark
• Advanced SQL and Python Data transformation frameworks such as dbt