Senior Data Engineer
Hays plc
Oxford, United Kingdom
3 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Experience level
Senior Compensation
£ 75KJob location
Oxford, United Kingdom
Tech stack
Artificial Intelligence
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Data analysis
Cloud Computing
Continuous Integration
Information Engineering
Data Governance
Data Infrastructure
ETL
Python
Operational Data Store
Power BI
Standard Sql
SQL Databases
Workflow Management Systems
Data Ingestion
Snowflake
GIT
Data Analytics
Data Pipelines
Job description
- We build and maintain ELT/ETL pipelines using dbt, Python, and orchestration tools.
- We design and optimise data models in Snowflake and manage performance.
- We apply governance, security, and compliance standards to ensure data quality.
- We support analysts and business teams with clean, structured data for reporting and analytics.
- We implement monitoring, alerting, and cost controls for Snowflake and pipelines.
- We help define standards for naming, schema design, and development processes.
Technologies:
- AI
- AWS
- CI/CD
- Cloud
- ETL
- Fivetran
- Git
- Support
- Power BI
- Python
- SQL
- Security
- Snowflake
- dbt
More:
We are part of the Data Analytics & AI team and are building and evolving a Snowflake-based data platform that turns operational data into trusted, analytics-ready assets. Our work supports high-quality reporting, insight generation, and future AI/ML initiatives across the business. We offer the opportunity to work on impactful data engineering work within a collaborative environment focused on best practices, modern tooling, and scalable data solutions.
Requirements
- We have strong hands-on experience with Snowflake, SQL, Python, and dbt.
- We have a solid understanding of data modelling, data governance, and cloud platforms, with AWS preferred.
- We have experience supporting analytics using BI tools such as Power BI.
- We are familiar with data ingestion tools such as Airbyte and Fivetran.
- We have working knowledge of Git, CI/CD, and modern data engineering practices.