At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and mentor data engineers while shaping our cloud data platform.
- Company: Join a leading social enterprise focused on sustainable communities.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, hybrid work model, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Be part of a dynamic team driving innovation and best practices.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by optimising data solutions in a cloud-native environment.
- Qualifications: Extensive data engineering experience with strong skills in SQL and Python.
The predicted salary is between 100000 - 100000 £ per year.
Requirements
- 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, 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 optimizing 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
Responsibilities
- 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
- Technologies
- AWS
- Azure
- CI/CD
- Cloud
- Data Warehouse
- Docker
- GCP
- Python
- SQL
- Security
- Terraform
- dbt
- More
We are a leading social enterprise that reinvests profits to create thriving, sustainable communities.
We are currently seeking a Principal Data Engineer to join our team in the Northwest on a hybrid basis.
This role will play a key part in shaping and leading our organisations data engineering capability within a 100% cloud-based data platform.
We offer a competitive salary of up to £100,000.
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Principal Data Engineer - Kings Cross employer: VIQU IT Recruitment
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