Principal Data Engineer - Kings Cross

Salary: £100,000 - 100,000 per year

Requirements

: Extensive experience in Data Engineering, with time spent in a Lead or Principal roleStrong background working in a cloud-native data platformHands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform, with consideration for AWS or Azure alongside some GCPExperience with Terraform, Docker, and dbtStrong expertise in Data Lake / Data Warehouse solutionsAdvanced SQL and Python skillsProven experience optimizing complex queriesStrong understanding of Data Governance, including lineage, data legislation, and PIIExperience working within Agile / Scrum and the SDLCWillingness to undergo a DBS check Responsibilities: Provide technical leadership, coaching, and mentoring to data engineersDefine how data engineering projects are approached, delivered, and governedWork closely with architects to design and evolve the cloud data platformEnsure robust, scalable, and compliant data pipelines across the platformLead best practices around data ingestion, transformation, quality, security, and monitoringDrive automation, CI/CD adoption, and continuous improvementChallenge technical decisions and raise engineering standards across the team Technologies: AWSAzureCI/CDCloudData WarehouseDockerGCPPythonSQLSecurityTerraformdbt 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. last updated 32 week of 2026