Lead Data Engineer

I'm currently recruiting for a lead data engineer based in Galway. This is an initial 12-month contract, focusing on hybrid working. Strong day rate available. About the Role Design data models, build cloud pipelines…

Hybrid IT
Pay rate £388 – £431/day
Contract type Contract
Posted 15 October 2026

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I'm currently recruiting for a lead data engineer based in Galway. This is an initial 12-month contract, focusing on hybrid working. Strong day rate available.

About the Role

Design data models, build cloud pipelines
Collaborate with technical and business stakeholders
Help modernise a large analytics platform used for reporting, forecasting and planning
Design data models and build cloud data pipelines on Snowflake and AWS Requirements

Previous experience in Data Engineering, Analytics Engineering or Data Platform Engineering
Strong data modelling, including conceptual, logical, physical and dimensional modelling
Proficiency in SQL
Previous technical experience with Snowflake and AWS
Experience building and maintaining production data pipelines
Good knowledge of data warehousing and modern data architectures
Experience with Git, CI/CD and automated testing
Understanding of data quality, governance, security and monitoring Desirable

Experience with real-time streaming or event-driven pipelines, such as Kafka or Kinesis
Terraform or another Infrastructure-as-Code tool
Experience in financial services or another regulated industry
Knowledge of Snowflake features such as Snowpipe, Streams, Tasks or Dynamic Tables If this role sounds of interest to you then apply through the link provided below.

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