Principal Data Engineer

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London / £90000 - £110000 annum

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Salary

SALARY:

£90000 - £110000

Location

LOCATION

London

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Permanent

Principal Data Engineer

£90,000 - £110,000

London, Harmondsworth (3 days a week in office)

This is an opportunity to join a large-scale organisation undergoing an exciting transformation of its data capabilities. You'll play a key role in shaping engineering standards, influencing technical direction, and leading the delivery of business-critical data products within a modern cloud environment.

THE COMPANY

They are a well-established UK organisation investing heavily in their data and technology landscape. Operating within a federated data model, they have embedded data teams across the business to drive innovation and commercial impact. Their engineering teams work with complex, high-volume datasets that directly support key business decisions and outcomes. You'll join a collaborative environment where technical excellence, continuous improvement, and knowledge sharing are actively encouraged. This is a role with genuine influence and visibility across the wider organisation.

THE ROLE

As a Principal Data Engineer, you will combine hands-on engineering with technical leadership, people management, and stakeholder engagement.

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

  • Providing technical leadership across Data Engineering, Software Engineering, and DevOps practices
  • Building, improving, and maintaining scalable data platforms and pipelines
  • Working closely with engineering teams to establish best practices, standards, and delivery frameworks
  • Troubleshooting complex technical challenges and helping unblock delivery teams
  • Leading, coaching, and mentoring engineers to support their professional development
  • Driving continuous improvement across data products, tooling, and engineering processes
  • Collaborating with senior stakeholders to align technical solutions with business objectives
  • Supporting the ongoing evolution of a modern cloud-based data ecosystem using AWS, Snowflake, and dbt
  • Contributing to the operation, monitoring, optimisation, and reliability of production data systems

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

The successful Principal Data Engineer will have the following skills and experience:

  • Strong commercial experience in Data Engineering and modern software engineering practices
  • Expertise working with AWS cloud services
  • Experience building and scaling solutions within Snowflake
  • Strong knowledge of dbt and modern data transformation methodologies
  • Excellent SQL and data modelling capabilities
  • Experience with CI/CD, DevOps practices, testing, monitoring, and operational support
  • Ability to lead technical discussions and influence engineering decisions across teams
  • Experience managing, coaching, or mentoring engineers
  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
  • Ability to thrive within large, complex organisational environments

BENEFITS

The successful Principal Data Engineer will receive the following benefits:

  • Salary between £90,000 - £110,000 - depending on experience

HOW TO APPLY

Please register your interest by sending your resume to Majid Latif via the Apply link on this page.

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