VP, Lead Data Engineer — Enterprise Data Platform

Castleton Commodities International; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in Greater London is seeking a highly skilled Lead Data Engineer to shape their finance data platform. You'll design and implement data models within a modern stack including dbt Cloud and AWS Redshift, while mentoring another Data Engineer. The ideal candidate has over 8 years of experience, strong SQL skills, and expertise in cloud technologies. Benefits include comprehensive medical and wellness programs, volunteer opportunities, and competitive paid time off.

Benefits

Competitive medical and dental benefits

Employee wellness programs

Parental leave policies

Tuition assistance

Competitive paid time off

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on data engineering experience delivering scalable solutions.
• Expert proficiency in SQL and data modeling with complex structures.
• Deep experience with cloud data warehouse technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain a scalable analytical data layer in AWS Redshift.
• Lead development of data models using dbt Cloud, maintaining best practices.
• Mentor a Data Engineer for technical growth and project success.
• Partner with Finance Data to translate business needs into data products.
• Ensure stability and governance of the data platform.

Skills

SQL

Data modeling

dbt (Cloud)

AWS Redshift

Agile/Scrum

Communication

Collaboration

Tools

Amazon Redshift

dbt Cloud

Atlan

Monte Carlo

Job description

A leading financial services firm in Greater London is seeking a highly skilled Lead Data Engineer to shape their finance data platform. You'll design and implement data models within a modern stack including dbt Cloud and AWS Redshift, while mentoring another Data Engineer. The ideal candidate has over 8 years of experience, strong SQL skills, and expertise in cloud technologies. Benefits include comprehensive medical and wellness programs, volunteer opportunities, and competitive paid time off.