6 of 6 Principal Data Engineer Jobs in the UK

Principal Data Engineer - Core Systems Team Hybrid in London/Remote within UK The company Imagine a world where every small business has the power to thrive. That's the world we're building at iwoca. Small businesses aren't just statistics - they're the heartbeat of our communities, the character of our high streets, and the … s leading fintech innovators. But we're just getting started. Our mission? To empower one million businesses with the financial tools they deserve. We combine cutting-edge technology and data science with genuine human understanding to make finance feel less like a barrier and more like a superpower. Whether it's managing cash flow or seizing unexpected opportunities, we … the funds they need - often within minutes. The team You'll join the Core Systems team, who are responsible for driving innovation across the business by optimising development, building data systems, and continuously improving iwoca products. We follow Agile-inspired processes, using continuous integration and delivery, so that features go live in days or weeks, not months or years. More ❯

Your new company A Principal Data Engineer is required on a permanent basis for a forward-thinking organisation at the heart of Leeds. The Data Services team are on a mission to unlock the value of data by delivering high-quality, secure, and accessible data services. With a focus on modern cloud-based technologies … and strong partnerships, they help colleagues navigate the complexities of a data-driven world. Your new role As a Principal Data Engineer, you will be instrumental in shaping the organisations strategic cloud data platform. You'll lead the design and implementation of scalable data pipelines, drive innovation in data-centric products, and champion … technical leadership role where you'll establish best practices, ensure compliance, and deliver smart, customer-focused solutions. What you'll need to succeed You'll bring extensive experience in data engineering within Azure environments, with a strong track record in modernisation and large-scale migration projects. You'll be confident designing metadata-driven frameworks and managing Databricks environments, with More ❯

collaboratively to offer specialist advice, best practice and technology to all areas of our business specifically designed for our global reach. About the Role We're looking for a Principal Data Engineer to play a leading role in shaping and implementing our enterprise data architecture. This position is ideal for someone who combines deep technical expertise … with strong stakeholder engagement skills and a strategic mindset. You'll help define and implement the data foundations that enable impactful AI and analytics solutions across our global engineering, consulting, and infrastructure business. You'll work closely with cross-disciplinary teams, including data scientists, domain experts, and product managers, to design scalable, secure, and interoperable data systems. … You'll also help establish our enterprise data ontology and lead a small team of data engineers to turn that vision into reality. What You'll Do Enterprise data pipeline design & optimisation: Design and implement robust data pipelines to map both structured and unstructured data from diverse sources into the enterprise vector store, ensuring high More ❯

Your New Role We're looking for an experienced Principal Data Engineer to lead the development and evolution of a modern enterprise data platform. This strategic, hands-on position involves architecting and optimising scalable data pipelines to support advanced analytics, AI/ML initiatives, and actionable insights across the organisation.You'll take full ownership of … data. Acting as the technical authority, you'll define best practices, establish governance frameworks, and mentor engineers and analysts to maximise platform value.This is an opportunity to shape the data landscape and deliver solutions that empower decision-making and innovation. Key Responsibilities Platform Leadership: Design, implement, and manage Snowflake as the enterprise data hub, ensuring scalability, security, and … performance. Data Architecture & Strategy: Define frameworks for ingestion, replication, storage, and transformation across diverse data sources. Pipeline Development: Build efficient ELT pipelines using tools such as DBT and Python, integrating operational, financial, and network data. Performance Optimisation: Configure Snowflake warehouses and partitioning strategies for cost efficiency and speed. Governance & Compliance: Implement data quality, lineage, and access control More ❯

The postholder will utilise their exceptional technical skills and experience to provide the highest level of expert technical leadership in Data Engineering to the design, development, implementation and maintenance of integrations and data flows that connect operational systems, enabling the provision of highly capable data for analytics and business intelligence services across Police Scotland and the SPA. … The role will involve designing, developing and implementing innovative, effective, efficient solutions to complex data integration problems, through the novel application of relevant technologies and techniques, in order to deliver secure, responsive, legislatively compliant data services across the organisation. You will provide exceptional technical leadership to the data engineering team in relation to the control and management … of all data systems and services to ensure best performance, and alignment with business requirements. This will include, but not be limited to enterprise data archiving, data platforming, data ETL, data analytics and reporting technologies and associated infrastructure involved in the provision of all data services across the estate. Currently Police Scotland have guidance More ❯

Your New Role We're looking for an experienced Principal Data Engineer to lead the development and evolution of a modern enterprise data platform. This strategic, hands-on position involves architecting and optimising scalable data pipelines to support advanced analytics, AI/ML initiatives, and actionable insights across the organisation click apply for full job More ❯