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Head of Data Engineering

London, England, GBFull-time2026-10-28 → 2026-11-10

Core

Lead a data engineering team to build a modern, Snowflake-centric data platform that delivers trusted, reusable data products for investment decisions, client reporting, and AI use cases.

Role type

Senior IC data engineering leader (Head of Data Engineering)

Builds

Modern data platforms, reusable data products, medallion architecture pipelines

Domain

Asset Management / Financial Services

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Snowflake platform implementation, medallion architecture, ELT patterns, data modelling, DataOps, CI/CD, data governance, cloud security, offshore team leadership, data mesh/hub-and-spoke models

Preferred skills

Asset management domain knowledge, complex data platform migrations, AI integration in data engineering

Technologies

Snowflake

Responsibilities

Design and optimize ingestion, transformation, and data provisioning; implement medallion architecture; lead and mentor data engineers across UK and India; migrate legacy platforms to a strategic platform; build AI-ready data and semantic models.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities