Data Architect (Contract)
hedgehog lab · Edinburgh, SCT, GB
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About the role
We're hiring a Data Architect to shape the data platform for a large, established UK organisation going through a major transformation. It's a regulated, high-scale environment, and you'll own the target architecture for a move off Oracle onto Snowflake.
You'll set the direction other engineers build against.
What you'll do:
Design the target data architecture: lakehouse and warehouse patterns, modelling standards, and how data flows across the platform.
Own the migration strategy from Oracle to Snowflake, including sequencing, risk, and how legacy and new run side by side.
Set modelling conventions and governance the wider data team works to.
Work closely with engineering leads and stakeholders to keep the design grounded in what actually ships.
What we're looking for:
Strong track record architecting data platforms at scale, with Snowflake front and centre.
Deep experience with lakehouse and warehouse design and dimensional modelling.
Hands-on experience planning and running Oracle to Snowflake migrations.
Comfortable in a regulated environment where lineage and governance matter.
You design for teams that build with AI-assisted engineering, and you're comfortable using AI tooling in your own work.
Bonus points for dbt, AWS, and experience in financial services or asset finance.
About hedgehog lab:
We're hedgehog lab, a digital product and engineering consultancy. For nearly 20 years we've embedded engineers inside the teams of well-known organisations in regulated, high-trust sectors, from financial services to the public sector.
We're a certified B Corp.
We're also serious about AI-assisted engineering. We've built our own agentic tooling and cut time-to-merge by around 60% on recent work, and our people get to use that on real projects.
The details:
Contract, outside IR35.
3 to 6 months, with strong potential to extend.
Hybrid. You'll work from the client's London, Bristol or Edinburgh office a couple of times a week.
Apply below and I'll come back to you quickly.
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Skills
- Snowflake
- dbt
- AWS
- SQL
- Python
- JavaScript
- Spark
- Azure
- REST
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