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Data Platform Lead
AWS | Snowflake | dbt | Team Leadership
Location: Cardiff - Once a week onsite
Salary: £90,000 - £105,000 + bonus
Industry: SME Financial Services
We're partnering with a highly data-driven organisation that is investing heavily in its data platform, analytics capabilities, and AI future. As the business continues to grow, data is playing an increasingly critical role in driving decision-making, customer experience, and product innovation.
As Data Platform Lead, you'll take ownership of a modern cloud-based data platform while leading a team of Data Engineers. This is a genuine player-coach role, combining hands-on technical delivery with people leadership, giving you the opportunity to influence both the technical direction of the platform and the growth of the engineering team.
What you'll be doing:
- Leading the development and evolution of a modern data platform built on AWS, Snowflake and dbt.
- Managing, mentoring and developing a team of Data Engineers while setting engineering standards and best practice.
- Designing and delivering scalable, high-quality data pipelines, reusable data models and trusted datasets that power analytics, reporting and future AI initiatives.
- Owning the platform roadmap, balancing business demand, technical debt, resilience, scalability and future platform capability.
- Working closely with stakeholders across Technology, Product, Analytics and the wider business to translate requirements into robust technical solutions.
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Exciting projects already underway include:
- Re-architecting data models and consumption layers
- Supporting the delivery of new digital products and customer experiences
- Building AI-ready data foundations
- Working alongside teams exploring machine learning and emerging AI capabilities
- Driving improvements in data quality, governance, observability and platform maturity
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What we're looking for:
- Strong hands-on Data Engineering experience
- Expertise in AWS, Snowflake and dbt
- Advanced SQL and modern data engineering practices
- Experience building and supporting production-scale data platforms
- Previous experience mentoring, coaching or leading engineers
- Passion for building reliable, scalable and future-proof data solutions
If you're looking for a role where you can combine technical excellence, leadership, platform ownership and strategic influence, this is an opportunity to make a genuine impact.
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