Senior Data Platform Engineer: Snowflake ELT Lead (Hybrid)

Morson Group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 160,000 - 209,000; Full time

Job summary

Morson Edge is partnering with a leading investment management firm to hire a Principal Data Engineer in Manchester. The role blends hands-on engineering with technical leadership to shape a modern data platform using Snowflake and a growing data tech ecosystem.

You will design scalable data solutions, build robust ELT pipelines, guide governance and data democratisation, and enable advanced analytics and AI. Hybrid working arranged, on-site four days per week.

Qualifications

• Experience with Snowflake data platform and governance
• Strong background in ELT/data pipelines design and optimization
• Knowledge of data privacy, security, and compliance requirements
• Experience with cloud infrastructure as code and modern data tooling
• Familiarity with agile software/data engineering practices

Responsibilities

• Design scalable data platform solutions using Snowflake and related technologies
• Build and optimize end-to-end ELT pipelines for performance and reliability
• Shape data strategy, engineering standards, and governance practices
• Support adoption of analytics, AI and ML capabilities
• Develop Infrastructure as Code alongside Cloud Engineering
• Ensure compliance with privacy and security requirements
• Collaborate in an Agile environment and drive platform improvements
• Keep up with emerging technologies and drive continuous platform improvement

Skills

Snowflake

Snowpark

Python

SQL

dbt

CI/CD

Agile

Tools

GitHub Actions

TeamCity

Artifactory

Job description

Morson Edge is partnering with a leading investment management firm to hire a Principal Data Engineer in Manchester. The role blends hands-on engineering with technical leadership to shape a modern data platform using Snowflake and a growing data tech ecosystem.

You will design scalable data solutions, build robust ELT pipelines, guide governance and data democratisation, and enable advanced analytics and AI. Hybrid working arranged, on-site four days per week.