Senior Snowflake Data Engineer — Remote UK

Southern Lights Ltd; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern Lights in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Data Engineer specializing in Snowflake to strengthen our data ecosystem. This fully remote role (UK based) offers a 12-month fixed-term contract with a salary of £75,000-£85,000 plus benefits.

You will design, develop and optimise scalable data solutions to fuel decision making and operational efficiency. You will mentor and upskill fellow data engineers, partner with product managers and engineers, and drive data quality across systems

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on Snowflake experience.
• Strong data warehousing background.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL; familiarity with JSON/XML.

Responsibilities

• Craft data pipelines transforming raw data into insights.
• Design robust data models and database structures.
• Partner with product managers and engineers to understand data needs.
• Implement performance improvements (indexing, caching, partitioning).
• Mentor junior data engineers and share knowledge.
• Establish data validation and quality assurance across systems.
• Troubleshoot data-related challenges to ensure stability.
• Keep pace with industry developments to refine approaches.

Skills

Data Warehousing

Mentoring

Team Collaboration

Tools

Snowflake

Python

SQL

JSON

XML

MySQL

MSSQL Server

Job description

Southern Lights in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Data Engineer specializing in Snowflake to strengthen our data ecosystem. This fully remote role (UK based) offers a 12-month fixed-term contract with a salary of £75,000-£85,000 plus benefits.

You will design, develop and optimise scalable data solutions to fuel decision making and operational efficiency. You will mentor and upskill fellow data engineers, partner with product managers and engineers, and drive data quality across systems