DBT Data Engineer

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).

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