Principal Data Engineer

Role Overview

We're looking for a Principal Data Engineer with extensive commercial experience building, supporting and leading data platforms and pipelines. You'll work hands-on across our cloud data stack, partnering with engineers, analysts and senior stakeholders to deliver reliable, well-modelled data that supports analytics and downstream use cases.

What You Will Do

Designing, building and improving data pipelines, setting engineering standards, and helping shape how we approach data engineering as a discipline.

Why It Might Be a Fit

You'll bring depth across modern data engineering practices and play a key role in growing the capability of the team around you.

Requirements

• 8+ years' commercial experience in a data engineering or data-focused software engineering role
• Experience owning data platforms end-to-end
• A track record of setting technical direction, establishing standards and leading architectural decisions across data workstreams
• Experience mentoring and growing engineers
• Strong problem-solving skills and an ability to navigate ambiguity
• Clear communication skills and experience collaborating with both technical teams and senior non-technical stakeholders
• Commercial experience including a combination of the following:
• Python for data processing, transformation, pipeline development and the design of reusable frameworks or shared tooling
• AWS data services such as S3, Lambda, Glue (or comparable cloud services)
• Designing, building and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines in production environments at scale
• Expert SQL skills, including complex queries, performance tuning and warehouse optimisation
• Deep experience with a cloud data warehouse such as Snowflake (or similar)

Benefits

• Discretionary annual performance bonus
• Flexible working arrangements and summer hours
• Highly competitive pension scheme with generous employer contributions
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental health support
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Regular social events
• 35 days holiday
• Enhanced maternity pay
• Family-first policies
• Learning and development opportunities