Senior Data Engineer

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

Are you an experienced Data Engineer who wants to use your technical expertise to build data solutions that make a real difference?

Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity is looking for a Senior Data Engineer to lead the development of our cloud data platform. You'll help make sure teams across the charity have access to trusted, secure and reliable data-giving them the confidence to make better decisions for our supporters and fundraising.

This is a hands-on technical role with the opportunity to shape how our data capability evolves. You'll build and improve data pipelines and integrations, develop our data warehouse, solve complex problems and lead and support a Data Engineer.

Salary

The salary for this role is £62,000 per annum and we operate a hybrid working policy of a minimum of 2 days per week in the office.

In line with our EDI strategy and Total Reward policy, we calculate our salaries based on benchmarking data across the charity sector. To ensure fairness for existing staff and new joiners, we do not offer salaries above the advertised rate.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and continuous improvement of our cloud data platform, ensuring it is reliable, secure and able to grow with the organisation.
• Design, build and optimise data pipelines, SQL data models and transformations that provide teams with high-quality, accessible data.
• Build and maintain integrations between CRM, fundraising, finance and other systems, ensuring data moves reliably and securely.
• Shape the technical roadmap for our data platform, balancing organisational needs with performance, resilience and cost.
• Set and maintain strong standards for data quality, security, governance and engineering best practice.
• Work with teams across the charity to understand their needs and turn them into practical, sustainable data solutions.
• Lead and develop a Data Engineer, sharing knowledge and creating clear, effective ways of working.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Strong experience designing, building and maintaining modern cloud-based data platforms and data pipelines.
• Advanced SQL skills, including experience with data modelling and transformation.
• Experience developing and optimising a SQL-based data warehouse. Experience with Snowflake would be particularly valuable.
• Experience integrating data between different systems using APIs, connectors or other integration approaches.
• Strong understanding of data quality, security, governance and the handling of sensitive data.
• Experience improving the performance, reliability and cost-effectiveness of cloud data platforms.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with a focus on automation, optimisation and continuous improvement.
• Experience providing technical guidance and supporting or managing other data professionals.
• Strong communication and stakeholder skills, with the ability to make technical concepts understandable to non-technical colleagues.

This is an opportunity to combine hands-on engineering with real ownership-helping us build a modern, trusted data platform that enables teams across GOSH Charity to make better use of data and ultimately deliver greater impact for seriously ill children and their families.

DBS

- please note a Basic DBS check is required for this role.