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.