Data Engineering Tech Lead / Leading Data Engineer (Snowflake)
Core
Leading a team of data engineers to build and maintain the Single View of Customer platform, enabling analytics, data science, servicing, marketing, and operational use cases.
Role type
Senior Tech Lead Data Engineer (Snowflake)
Builds
Scalable, secure, reliable data engineering solutions and CI/CD pipelines for the Single View of Customer platform
Domain
Insurance / Data Engineering / Cloud Data Platforms
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Snowflake (Dynamic Tables, Snowpipe Streaming, Cortex AI, data sharing, replication, secure views, masking policies, row access policies, tags, streams, tasks, external tables, time‑travel, clone, stages, storage integrations), Python, SQL, Airflow, dbt, Git, CI/CD, cloud‑native architectures, serverless/data‑pipeline design, data modelling, ETL/ELT development, data quality rules, validation frameworks, testing approaches
Preferred skills
AWS, Snowpark, Redshift, Postgres, Parquet, JSON, YAML, GenAI, automation, cloud cost optimisation
Technologies
Snowflake, Python, SQL, Airflow, dbt, Git, Azure DevOps, AWS, Snowpark, Redshift, Postgres
Responsibilities
Leading a team of Snowflake and Cyclops Data Engineers delivering analytical and operational use cases; Making strategic and tactical engineering decisions with long‑term impact; Ensuring platform alignment with enterprise architecture and organisational standards; Building scalable, secure, reliable engineering solutions with a strong focus on automation and GenAI-enabled improvements; Collaborating with Product Managers, BAs, Architects, and wider Customer Data Platform teams to align technical delivery with business needs; Owning CI/CD pipelines, platform maintenance, data security posture, and compliance with Aviva Controls; Providing daily leadership, coaching, mentoring and oversight of internal teams and TCS partner engineers; Drive continuous improvement, standardisation, and engineering best practices across the platform
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities