Lead Data Engineer - Cloud Platform & Impact

Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 56,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to lead the development of our cloud data platform, enabling teams to access trusted data for informed decision-making. This hands-on role will design and optimize data pipelines and a data warehouse, while building integrations across CRM, fundraising and finance systems.

You will mentor a Data Engineer and shape the technical roadmap for cost-efficient data solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and maintaining cloud-based data platforms.
• Strong SQL and data modelling skills.
• Experience with data warehousing and Snowflake is a plus.
• Ability to integrate data across systems via APIs.
• Knowledge of data quality and governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and improvement of cloud data platform.
• Design, build and optimise data pipelines and data models.
• Build integrations between CRM, fundraising, finance systems.
• Shape technical roadmap balancing needs with performance and cost.
• Set standards for data quality, security and governance.
• Collaborate with teams to turn needs into data solutions.
• Lead and mentor a Data Engineer.

Skills

Cloud data platforms

Data pipeline design

SQL data modelling

Data governance & security

Stakeholder communication

Team leadership

Tools

Snowflake

APIs/Integrations

Job description

Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to lead the development of our cloud data platform, enabling teams to access trusted data for informed decision-making. This hands-on role will design and optimize data pipelines and a data warehouse, while building integrations across CRM, fundraising and finance systems.

You will mentor a Data Engineer and shape the technical roadmap for cost-efficient data solutions.