Your New Role
We're looking for an experienced Principal Data Engineer to lead the development and evolution of a modern enterprise data platform. This strategic, hands-on position involves architecting and optimising scalable data pipelines to support advanced analytics, AI/ML initiatives, and actionable insights across the organisation.You'll take full ownership of the Snowflake platform implementation and adoption, ensuring it becomes the central hub for trusted, secure, and high-performing data. Acting as the technical authority, you'll define best practices, establish governance frameworks, and mentor engineers and analysts to maximise platform value.This is an opportunity to shape the data landscape and deliver solutions that empower decision-making and innovation.
Key Responsibilities
1. Platform Leadership: Design, implement, and manage Snowflake as the enterprise data hub, ensuring scalability, security, and performance.
2. Data Architecture & Strategy: Define frameworks for ingestion, replication, storage, and transformation across diverse data sources.
3. Pipeline Development: Build efficient ELT pipelines using tools such as DBT and Python, integrating operational, financial, and network data.
4. Performance Optimisation: Configure Snowflake warehouses and partitioning strategies for cost efficiency and speed.
5. Governance & Compliance: Implement data q...