Senior Data Platform Consultant (Snowflake + Matillion)

Senior Data Platform Consultant (Snowflake + Matillion)

Department: Data Platforms

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Bristol, UK

Reporting To: William Taite

Compensation: £65,000 - £95,000 / year

Description

Start Date - Flexible

Working Model - Hybrid; on site twice a month, minimum (once in our central Bristol HQ and once on site with the client)

Why this role exists: This role exists because the programme it supports has reached a point where senior ownership and long term thinking are essential. We're investing in experienced data engineers who want to be close to impactful work, influence how platforms evolve, and play a meaningful role as systems move from delivery into sustained operation. It's an opportunity to step into a role where your decisions matter, your experience shapes outcomes, and you're trusted to lead through complexity, not just execute tasks. More broadly, it reflects our commitment to building a strong senior team at Snap that can continue to support cutting edge client programmes over time, share knowledge across engagements, and help raise delivery standards as our work and business continues to expand.

What you'll be doing

You'll play a key role in designing and running production grade data pipelines that connect operational systems to the enterprise data platform, supporting both regulatory initiatives and day to day business operations.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Owning end to end pipelines across ingest transform load application integration, with hands on orchestration and production support.
• Taking ownership of key platform integrations, including the existing Zendesk API integration, ensuring data flows reliably between systems and stepping in confidently when issues arise.
• Querying and operating the cloud data platform confidently (workload sizing, cost/concurrency trade offs, and recovery/rollback using platform features).
• Working closely with PMO and stakeholders to prioritise, communicate clearly, and finish work, especially when priorities change.
• Contributing to Agile delivery (two week sprints, ticketing, demos/retros) and raising the bar on delivery discipline and transparency.
• Providing day to day technical leadership of a workstream and coaching more junior engineers when needed.

In your first 3-6 months, success might look like:

• Embedding quickly with PMO and technical leads; trusted as a go to person for your workstream.
• Ensuring pipelines are live and stable, with clear run books, monitoring, and a pragmatic approach to rollbacks and incident handling.
• A smooth transition from project delivery into operational support, with visible progress on a realistic, prioritised backlog.

What you'll need to succeed

We're looking for someone who brings a mix of deep hands on cloud data engineering, strong SQL, and consulting grade communication in complex environments.

You might be a great fit if you have:

• Strong, hands on ETL/ELT experience using Matillion, including building and orchestrating production grade pipelines end to end (ingestion, transformation, loading, and monitoring).
• Practical experience working with Snowflake as a cloud data platform, with the ability to confidently query data, understand warehouse sizing and cost/performance trade offs, and use platform features to support reliability and recovery.
• Very strong SQL skills, with the ability to reason through complex data logic, performance considerations, and edge cases.
• Experience working in enterprise environments, where governance, change control, and reliability matter; exposure to regulated industries (such as financial services) is advantageous.
• A consulting mindset: you communicate proactively, manage expectations well, prioritise effectively, and are comfortable pushing back constructively when required.
• Experience integrating data platforms with operational or downstream systems using APIs (nice to have).

This role might not be the right fit if you're looking for:

• Narrow, single tool transformation work without orchestration or production responsibility.
• A static backlog with rarely changing priorities.
• A role without stakeholder interaction or the need to push back and negotiate scope.