Senior Data Engineer (Databricks / Snowflake)
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting2 months ago
London, United KingdomSenior
Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor junior engineers while reviewing code and data-model decisions.
- Build reliable, secure ingestion pipelines from client source systems into data platforms.
- Design auditable data models using approaches such as Data Vault 2.0 and Kimball dimensional modeling.
- Build pipelines to agreed SLAs and own their production reliability.
- Translate business logic from domain subject-matter experts into pipeline logic.
- Implement appropriate LLM-based processing, including document parsing, entity extraction, and unstructured-data classification.
- Build AI-powered business solutions, agents, search, and applied use cases using Mosaic AI or Cortex.
- Support pre-sales by sizing effort and cost, contributing to delivery plans, and presenting technical approaches.
- Own and lead a delivery workstream, including planning, execution, technical decisions, and junior-engineer leadership.
Requirements
- At least 4 years of data-engineering experience.
- At least 2 years of production experience with Databricks or Snowflake; strong experience in one platform is sufficient.
- Strong SQL and Python skills, with comfort using PySpark or Snowpark.
- Strong experience with at least one of Azure, AWS, or GCP, including networking, IAM, and storage services.
- Working knowledge of Kimball dimensional modeling and/or Data Vault 2.0.
- Ability to present technical decisions to non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience setting engineering standards and reviewing code for quality.
- Experience leading or mentoring junior engineers and taking ownership of technical decisions.
- Databricks or Snowflake certifications are valued.
- Experience with private-markets data, London Market insurance, regulated environments, or audited sectors is valued.
- Familiarity with IaC, dbt, DevOps, data quality, data modeling, data glossary/governance, iPaaS/ELT, and orchestration is valued.
- Awareness of regulatory frameworks including FCA SYSC, DORA, and MiFID II is valued.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary and annual performance bonus tied to individual and company outcomes.
- Private medical insurance, life assurance, income protection, and employee assistance and wellbeing support.
- Hybrid working model with flexible arrangements.
- Generous pension scheme with enhanced employer contributions.
- Continuous learning budget plus access to conferences, certifications, and training programmes.
- 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, with the option to buy additional days.
Tech Stack
Categories
Data Engineering
About Alpha Financial Markets Consulting
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (Alpha FMC) is a London‑headquartered consultancy for financial services, delivering sector‑focused strategy, operating model change, and technology implementation for asset and wealth managers, alternatives firms, and insurers. It earns fees for consulting engagements and provides data and SaaS-based benchmarking and solutions. Founded in 2003, it operates across North America, Europe, MENA and APAC, and in 2024 was acquired by Bridgepoint.