Senior Staff Engineer - AI

Required Skills & Experience

● 20+ years in data leadership roles — Chief Data Officer, VP Data, or equivalent

● Proven experience building data strategy in regulated financial services from low-maturity baselines

● Deep knowledge of modern data architectures — medallion/Bronze-Silver-Gold, data mesh, lakehouse

● Experience with SQL Server estates, Redshift, and event streaming platforms (Confluent, Kafka, RedPanda)

● Strong track record establishing data governance and data quality frameworks from zero

● Experience with data monetisation strategy in transaction-rich environments

● Excellent executive presence — able to influence at C-suite and board level

● Experience leading distributed, cross-geography data teams through platform transitions