Lead Data Engineer - Snowflake

Dcoded; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech-focused company in the United Kingdom is searching for a Snowflake specialist to bridge technical teams and business stakeholders. The role involves ensuring that Snowflake implementations align with strategic objectives and deliver maximum ROI across the organization. Candidates should possess hands-on Snowflake experience and excellent communication skills to transform technical capabilities into business value. This position is perfect for adaptable individuals capable of thriving in evolving environments.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience implementing and optimizing Snowflake.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Ability to translate technical details into business value.

Responsibilities

• Ensure Snowflake implementation delivers maximum ROI.
• Align Snowflake deployment with strategic objectives.
• Act as a link between technical teams and business stakeholders.

Skills

Hands-on experience with Snowflake

Proven ability to operate in a bridge role

Experience supporting or leading Snowflake implementations

Understanding of data engineering/architecture concepts

Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills

Ability to challenge, influence, and guide

Comfortable in evolving environments

Job description

We're looking for a highly capable Snowflake specialist to act as the key link between our technical delivery teams and senior business stakeholders. This role is ideal for someone who can combine strong hands‑on experience with Snowflake and data platforms with the ability to translate technical capability into commercial value.

You’ll be the person ensuring our Snowflake implementation delivers maximum ROI, is aligned with strategic objectives, and actually lands successfully across the organisation.

Skills & Experience

• Hands‑on experience with Snowflake (querying, modelling, warehousing, optimisation, governance, etc.).
• Proven ability to operate in a bridge role – translating technical detail into business value.
• Experience supporting or leading Snowflake implementations or similar cloud data platform projects.
• Strong understanding of data engineering/architecture concepts (not necessarily expert level, but enough to guide conversations).
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills – confident speaking with technical teams, project leads, and execs.
• Ability to challenge, influence, and guide both business and technical direction.
• Comfortable operating in environments where requirements evolve and clarity needs to be created.