Principal Data Engineer

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.