Lead Data & Insights Engineer

Candidate Description

A seasoned Data & Insights leader with more than a decade of experience, this professional excels in designing and delivering enterprise-grade analytics platforms across construction, retail and consulting environments. Leveraging deep expertise in cloud technologies, they bring a comprehensive understanding of end-to-end data integration, modelling and visualisation that supports Finance, Sales, Marketing and Digital functions.

Demonstrated technical acumen is evidenced by the successful architecture of Medallion-based lakehouse solutions, large-scale cloud migrations and the management of semantic models. They have orchestrated complex data pipelines with cloud analytics services, driving 40%–90% performance improvements where documented. Achievements include multimillion-dollar savings through the Extra to Order dashboard at a Construction Company and the acclaimed Customer 360 initiative for a Retail Company.

Pairing hands-on engineering capability with strategic leadership, they mentor teams, champion data governance and foster data literacy across organisations. Experienced in Agile and BABOK-aligned delivery, they are adept at stakeholder engagement, change management and translating business objectives into robust, scalable data solutions. This combination of technical depth, leadership and cross-industry insight positions them as a high-impact asset for organisations seeking to unlock data-driven value.