Principal Data Engineer

Whitechapel

2 months ago

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Principal Data Engineer

£90,000 - £95,000 + Benefits

Remote - Once or twice a month in the office

The Business

A large, UK-based property organisation operating at a national scale. They are focused on delivering and managing long-term community services and initiatives and have a strong emphasis on social impact, sustainability and modern digital transformation.

The Role

The Principal Data Engineer will be a senior technical leader within a growing data engineering team.

You’ll help shape engineering strategy, architecture, and best practices across multiple product areas, supporting a data mesh approach while ensuring consistency and good governance.

This is a hands-on role that blends technical expertise with mentoring, guidance, and collaboration across teams.

Core technologies include:

Google Cloud Platform (BigQuery, Dataflow, Dataproc, Data Fusion, Data Streams, Cloud Functions, Airflow/Composer), SQL, Python, CI/CD tooling

About you

You'll have

10+ years’ experience in Data Engineering
Experience operating in a Lead or Principal Engineer capacity
Strong understanding of Data Governance principles.
Significant experience with cloud data platforms (specifically GCP) and possibly exposure to Azure / AWS
Strong proficiency in SQL and Python a
Strong track record of mentoring and technical leadership
Background working in Agile / Scrum / SDLC environments

Requirements added by the job poster

No need for visa sponsorship

• Authorised to work in United Kingdom

(ILR, Tier 2 dependent visa and EU Settlement Scheme considered)

Happy to consider travel to the Lancashire region once or twice a month

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