Data Platform Engineer (Contarct) at hedgehog lab

Portugal

<p>This is the build-the-plumbing role. You'll stand up and run the data platform that everyone else builds on, for a large regulated organisation modernising its data estate.<br><br><strong>What you'll do:</strong></p><ul><li><p>Build and operate the Snowflake platform on AWS, running on OpenShift.</p></li><li><p>Own CI/CD for data: deployment pipelines, environments, and the tooling that lets data engineers ship safely.</p></li><li><p>Treat infrastructure as code and keep the platform reliable, observable, and secure.</p></li><li><p>Partner with the architect and data engineers to turn design into working platform.</p></li></ul><p><br><strong>What we're looking for:</strong></p><ul><li><p>Strong Snowflake platform experience, not just querying it.</p></li><li><p>Solid AWS and container experience, ideally OpenShift or Kubernetes.</p></li><li><p>Real CI/CD experience applied to data workloads.</p></li><li><p>An infrastructure-as-code mindset and a habit of automating the boring parts.</p></li><li><p>Comfortable using AI-assisted development tools like GitHub Copilot as part of your everyday workflow.</p></li></ul><p>Bonus points for experience in a regulated or financial services setting.<br><br><strong>About hedgehog lab:</strong></p><p>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.</p><p>We're a certified B Corp.</p><p>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.<br><br><strong>The details:</strong></p><ul><li><p>Contract, outside IR35.</p></li><li><p>3 to 6 months, with strong potential to extend.</p></li><li><p>Hybrid.</p></li></ul><p>Apply below and I'll be in touch.</p>