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Original posting from Robert Half
Robert Half International (an S&P 500 global staffing provider) is supporting a global consulting firm in sourcing an interim DBT Data Engineer. This role will focus on designing, delivering and supporting a modern cloud data warehouse using Snowflake and dbt, building scalable ELT pipelines and high-quality data models to support business-wide analytics and reporting.
Assignment Details
- Initial 6-month contract
(extensions expected)
- Hybrid
– 2 days per week on-site in the
City of London
- £400–450 p/day + 12.07% hol pay
(PAYE with employer’s NI & Tax deducted at source, unlike umbrella companies and no umbrella admin fees)
- Start Date:
c. 1–2 weeks turnaround
Key Skills & Experience
- Insurance / Reinsurance experience strongly preferred but broader Financial Services experience will also be considered
- Strong hands-on experience building and supporting data solutions in Snowflake (ELT pipelines, performance optimisation, data modelling)
- Proven experience with dbt including models, incremental loads, hooks, testing, snapshots and documentation
- Good operational understanding of dbt model failures, notifications, troubleshooting and production support workflows
- Excellent SQL engineering and data modelling experience (star/snowflake schemas, best practices)
- Experience designing and supporting end-to-end data pipelines (ingestion, transformation, validation)
- Familiarity with Snowflake features including Time Travel, cloning and RBAC
- Experience working in cloud-based data environments (Azure preferred, AWS also considered)
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes (Azure DevOps or similar)
- Strong communication skills and ability to work across technical and business stakeholders
Nice to have
- Experience with orchestration tools (Airflow, Azure Data Factory or similar)
- Python for automation, testing or data engineering support
- Exposure to Databricks or modern Lakehouse environments
All candidates must complete standard screening (Right to Work, DBS, credit/sanctions, employment verification).
Source: Robert Half careers