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Principal Data Engineer (GCP)

VIQU IT
King's Cross, Greater London, WC1H 8AL, United Kingdom
3 months ago
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Principal Data Engineer (GCP)

Northwest – Hybrid
Up to £100,000

VIQU are seeking a Principal Data Engineer to join a leading social enterprise that reinvests profits to create thriving, sustainable communities. Following a full transition to a 100% cloud-based data platform, this role will play a key part in shaping and leading the organisation’s data engineering capability, with a strong focus on technical leadership, platform design and mentoring engineers within a Google Cloud environment.

Key Responsibilities of the Principal Data Engineer:

Provide technical leadership, coaching and mentoring to data engineers
Define how data engineering projects are approached, delivered and governed
Work closely with architects to design and evolve the cloud data platform
Ensure robust, scalable and compliant data pipelines across the platform
Lead best practices around data ingestion, transformation, quality, security and monitoring
Drive automation, CI/CD adoption and continuous improvement
Challenge technical decisions and raise engineering standards across the team
Key Requirements of the Principal Data Engineer:

Extensive experience in Data Engineering, with time spent in a Lead or Principal role
Strong background working in a cloud-native data platform
Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform is highly preferred, with consideration for AWS or Azure alongside some GCP
Experience with Terraform, Docker and dbt
Strong expertise in Data Lake / Data Warehouse solutions
Advanced SQL and Python skills
Proven experience optimising complex queries
Strong understanding of Data Governance, including lineage, data legislation and PII
Experience working within Agile / Scrum and the SDLC
Willingness to undergo a DBS check
Apply now to speak with VIQU IT in confidence. Or reach out to Katie Dark via the VIQU IT website.

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Principal Data Engineer (GCP)

Northwest – Hybrid
Up to £100,000

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