Lead Data Platform Engineer — Snowflake & Governance

Willis Re Bermuda; New York (NY); On-site; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid time off

401K plan

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Willis Re in New York is seeking a Data Engineering Lead to own the Snowflake data lake platform, shaping ingestion, modeling, governance, tagging and quality across the business. You will lead hands-on development, collaborate with architects and partners, mentor engineers, and direct external delivery teams to deliver scalable, compliant data solutions for high‑volume reinsurance data.

The role offers a competitive package with a base salary in the range shown and a 20% bonus, plus health

Qualifications

• 10+ years in data engineering with platform delivery.
• Hands-on Snowflake development and governance.
• Strong collaboration with architects and partners.
• Experience in regulated industries preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Lead Snowflake development and platform design.
• Establish tagging, cataloguing and governance.
• Define data quality controls and CI/CD for data pipelines.
• Mentor engineers and scale the data team.
• Partner with vendors and drive best practices.

Skills

Snowflake expertise

Data governance

Data quality

Leadership

Data modelling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Experience in data engineering leadership

Tools

dbt

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Bicep

Job description

Willis Re in New York is seeking a Data Engineering Lead to own the Snowflake data lake platform, shaping ingestion, modeling, governance, tagging and quality across the business. You will lead hands-on development, collaborate with architects and partners, mentor engineers, and direct external delivery teams to deliver scalable, compliant data solutions for high‑volume reinsurance data.

The role offers a competitive package with a base salary in the range shown and a 20% bonus, plus health