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Principal Data Engineer

£80,000 - £90,000

Remote (monthly meets in London)

This is a rare chance to join an early-stage data consultancy where you will shape technical delivery, build from the ground up, and work directly with clients on high impact projects. If you want true ownership, variety across industries, and the opportunity to build real solutions rather than maintain legacy platforms, this role offers exactly that.

THE COMPANY

They are a young, fast-growing consultancy focused on data engineering and machine learning. Backed by a clear vision and strong funding runway, they partner with organisations to modernise manual, fragmented data processes. Their work spans industries, including asset focused, creative sectors.

THE ROLE

As Lead Data Engineer, you will take ownership of technical delivery while working closely with clients from the very first conversation.

Specifically, you can expect to be involved in the following:

  • Join client meetings to understand challenges, assess requirements and shape solution thinking.
  • Lead the design and build of ingestion, transformation and centralisation pipelines.
  • Work with raw and unstructured data sources - spreadsheets, PDFs and operational documents.
  • Build automation capabilities and prepare environments for downstream machine lear...

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