Data Engineering Consultant – Insurance

Job Description

Senior Data Engineer Consultant– Finance Data Platform

£85,000 – £90,000 Base salary + Bonus | London (Hybrid 3 days)

Global Insurer

DATAHEAD is partnering with a global insurer undergoing a major data transformation, including a transition to Snowflake – Must have Insurance background!

We’re hiring a Senior Data Engineer to take ownership of their finance data warehouse and reporting platform – working directly with the business to solve real data challenges, not just deliver tickets.

The Role

This is a hands-on senior IC role with a clear path into technical leadership.

You’ll sit within a finance-focused data squad, helping to:

• Improve data quality, structure and reliability across finance reporting
• Design and build Snowflake-based data warehouse solutions
• Work directly with stakeholders to define solutions, not just implement them
• Reduce incidents, improve delivery speed, and raise engineering standards
• Guide and mentor an offshore engineering team

What We’re Looking For

• Strong data warehousing experience (modelling, ETL/ELT, pipelines)
• Hands-on with Snowflake, SQL and Python
• Experience in AWS (or similar cloud)
• Background in insurance or financial services (Lloyd’s ideal)
• Confident working with business stakeholders and challenging requirements
• Someone who takes ownership and improves how things are done

Why This Role?

• Newly created position with real influence
• Move towards a Tech Lead role
• Own and shape a modern Snowflake data platform
• Work in a high-impact finance data environment
• Be part of a business investing heavily in data

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