We have a client that is seeking a hands-on Director of Data Engineering to lead, scale, and actively contribute to a modern cloud-based data platform. This is a builder–leader role requiring deep technical expertise, strong people leadership, and accountability for delivery outcomes. The Director will be responsible for engineering execution, team leadership, and cross-functional partnership while remaining embedded in the AWS and Snowflake ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and contribute hands-on to data architecture, design, and implementation
Build and maintain modern data pipelines across ingestion, transformation, and modeling
Operate within AWS (Lambdas, S3, ECS, EC2, containerized workloads)
Partner in ownership and optimization of Snowflake environments
Apply medallion architecture (bronze, silver, gold layers)
Balance long-term architecture with near-term delivery
Drive delivery velocity while maintaining data quality and security
Directly manage and develop a team of data engineers
Conduct weekly 1:1s and performance management
Build strong relationships with business and technology stakeholders

Required Experience

10+ years of data engineering experience
Senior leadership experience (Director, Principal, or Architect level)
Deep AWS expertise
Strong data modeling and pipeline architecture background
Proven ability to lead while remaining hands-on
High EQ with the ability to hold teams accountable

Nice to Have

Snowflake platform ownership
Insurance or financial services experience
Experience working with sensitive or regulated data

Director of Data Engineering

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