1 to 25 of 26 Principal Data Engineer Jobs in the UK

Principal Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
MCS Group
Location
United Kingdom
Salary
100000.0
Staff Data Engineer - Belfast/Hybrid We're looking for an exceptional Staff Data Engineer to join our data engineering organisation and operate at Principal-level impact. This is a senior technical leadership role for someone who can operate beyond the boundaries … individual team. You'll shape our data engineering strategy, influence architecture and technical direction across the organisation, and lead complex, high-impact initiatives from concept through to delivery. You'll combine deep technical expertise with strong organisational influence, working with engineers, architects, product leaders, data professionals, and senior ...

Senior Manager - Principal Data Engineer

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Senior Manager - Principal Data Engineer Location: London Grade: B Job Title: Principal Data Engineer Team: Clara Technology & Solutions Locations: UK Capability: Audit Service line: Audit Central Contract type: Permanent Summary of role purpose: The Principal Data Engineer will be accountable … shaping the technical direction for data engineering initiatives and services within Technology & Solutions. This role combines deep technical expertise in Databricks and cloud data engineering with proven team leadership capabilities and a passion for driving innovation. The successful candidate will be accountable for delivering enterprise-scale data ...

Principal Data Engineer

Location
Wolverhampton, England, United Kingdom
About the team OSB Group is undertaking a significant transformation programme, building new cloud-based customer journeys and experiences supported by a modern enterprise data architecture. In parallel, the Group Data Office is responsible for maintaining a complex legacy data landscape that continues to run the bank … today. What you will be doing? As a senior technical leader within the Data Engineering function, the Principal Data Engineer will act as the organisation's Azure Data Platform subject matter expert, providing architectural leadership and technical direction across all data engineering initiatives. Working ...

Principal Data Engineer

Location
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, England, United Kingdom
Principal Data Engineer £92,500 per annum Bedford Permanent Hybrid working Join us at the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) as a Principal Data Engineer. The Principal Data Engineer reports to the Head of Data and Analytics. The role is aligned … Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework and represents the most senior technical leadership role within the data engineering function. Key Responsibilities: Data Platform Strategy and Engineering Leadership Data Platform Ownership: Own the strategic direction, roadmap and overall technical architecture of the MaPS data platform ...

Principal Data Engineer - Azure - Perm

Hiring Organisation
Lorien
Location
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£54,000 - £70,000 per annum
Principal Data Engineer (Azure) We're looking for an experienced Principal Data Engineer to lead the technical direction of a modern Azure-based data platform. This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll shape data engineering standards, design scalable lakehouse … architectures, and drive innovation across Azure, Microsoft Fabric and Databricks environments. You'll work closely with data scientists, architects and engineering teams to deliver robust, secure, and high-performing data solutions while acting as the technical authority for data engineering best practice. Key Skills: Extensive Azure Data ...

Principal Data Engineer

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
more than 38,000 trials and 12 million patients, Medidata offers industry-leading expertise, analytics-powered insights, and one of the largest clinical trial data sets in the industry. More than 1 million registered users across approximately 2,300 customers trust Medidata's seamless, end-to-end platform … Listen to our latest podcast, from Dreamers to Disruptors, and follow us at @Medidata. Our team At the heart of Medidata's ecosystem, the Data Platform Team powers and connects every application, serving as the engine for enterprise data convergence. Every interaction across our global platform generates critical ...

Principal Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Breedon Group plc
Location
Alfreton, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
Competitive salary
leading construction materials group operating from over 400 sites across the UK and Ireland. We have an opportunity to join our thriving Data & Analytics team with an exciting plan and long-term vision. We are seeking an experienced data engineer, with skills in Microsoft Azure … take a key role in the design, build and deployment of our Azure data platform in line with our enterprise architecture. The Role The Principal Data Engineer will provide hands-on technical leadership for the design, delivery and continuous improvement of Breedon’s enterprise data ...

Principal Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Hackajob Ltd
Location
Bristol, Avon, South West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Part Time, Work From Home
benchmarked against the external market. Exceptions above the standard range are managed through governance controls to protect internal equity. Your impact At Leonardo, our Principal Data Engineers lead the design and delivery of secure, scalable data solutions that underpin critical defence, government, and commercial operations. … technical authority and people manager, youll guide engineering teams through the full data lifecycletransforming raw data into actionable insight across hybrid and cloud environments. This role blends technical leadership, stakeholder engagement, and team development, offering the opportunity to shape data strategy and capability across multiple programmes. Your ...

Principal Data Engineer

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Principal Data Engineer Shift Pattern: Standard 40 Hour Week (United Kingdom) Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Corporate Grade: C - Vice President Reporting Line: (UK Division) Information Technology Location: UK-London Worker Type: Permanent The purpose of this role is to help shape the LME’s strategic data platform which can reliably process, store, and serve high-volume, high-velocity trading data at scale, while providing engineering teams with reusable, self-service capabilities that accelerate the delivery of trading and analytical solutions. Success in this role means delivering a highly scalable and resilient data platform ...

Principal Data Engineer

Location
Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
love making it sparkle for millions of Very customers. About the Role You’ll be one of the technical experts within the Data Enablement team, a hands-on Principal Data Engineer at the heart of our data transformation. You’ll work across multiple initiatives, partnering … technical decision-making. You’ll have the opportunity to influence technology choices, define engineering standards, and build solutions that will shape the future of data at Very. You’ll help drive the future of data engineering at Very by: Providing technical leadership across multiple teams and initiatives. Designing ...

Principal Data Engineer/ Data Architect

Hiring Organisation
MCS Group
Location
United Kingdom
Salary
85000.0
Technical Data Engineer/Architect | Belfast | Hybrid We are hiring a Technical Data Architect for a globally recognised customer engagement and loyalty platform that partners with some of the world's largest financial services and retail brands. They are kicking off a major transformation programme this year … with a significant focus on end-to-end automation and AI, and this role will be central to shaping how data is used across the business. This is an individual contributor role with high visibility across both technical and business teams, working closely with an existing data architect ...

Principal AI Data Engineer

Location
City Of London, England, United Kingdom
Principal AI Data Engineer Certain Advantage is hiring for a Principal AI Data Engineer based in London. This role is an initial contract until the end of the year and is hybrid, requiring 3 days per week onsite in London. You’ll be responsible …/or Scala. Experience with Azure cloud technologies including Azure OpenAI and Azure AI Foundry. Knowledge of Spark Structured Streaming, Autoloader and modern data engineering practices. Experience with ETL/ELT, data modelling and scalable data architectures. Familiarity with Azure Data Factory, Qlik Replicate and data ...

Principal AI Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Certain Advantage
Location
South East London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Temporary
Salary
£750 - £800 per day
Principal AI Data Engineer Certain Advantage is hiring for a Principal AI Data Engineer based in London. This role is an initial contract until the end of the year and is hybrid, requiring 3 days per week onsite in London. You'll be responsible …/or Scala. Experience with Azure cloud technologies including Azure OpenAI and Azure AI Foundry. Knowledge of Spark Structured Streaming, Autoloader and modern data engineering practices. Experience with ETL/ELT, data modelling and scalable data architectures. Familiarity with Azure Data Factory, Qlik Replicate and data ...

Principal Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Advanced Resource Managers Limited
Location
Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
Salary negotiable
looking for an experienced Principal Data Engineer to provide technical leadership across our enterprise data platforms, architecture, and engineering capabilities. You will design and deliver secure, scalable and reliable cloud-based data solutions , while establishing engineering standards and best practices across data integration, pipelines … DataOps, DevOps, data quality and governance. Working closely with architects, software engineers, analysts and business stakeholders, you will help shape our data strategy and deliver capabilities that support data-driven decision-making, advanced analytics, AI and machine learning . Key Responsibilities Design and evolve scalable, secure enterprise ...

Principal Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
ARM
Location
Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
looking for an experienced Principal Data Engineer to provide technical leadership across our enterprise data platforms, architecture, and engineering capabilities. You will design and deliver secure, scalable and reliable cloud-based data solutions , while establishing engineering standards and best practices across data integration, pipelines … DataOps, DevOps, data quality and governance. Working closely with architects, software engineers, analysts and business stakeholders, you will help shape our data strategy and deliver capabilities that support data-driven decision-making, advanced analytics, AI and machine learning . Key Responsibilities Design and evolve scalable, secure enterprise ...

Principle AI Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Certain Advantage
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Principal AI Data Engineer Certain Advantage is hiring for a Principal AI Data Engineer based in London. This role is an initial contract until the end of the year and is hybrid, requiring 3 days per week onsite in London. You'll be responsible …/or Scala. Experience with Azure cloud technologies including Azure OpenAI and Azure AI Foundry. Knowledge of Spark Structured Streaming, Autoloader and modern data engineering practices. Experience with ETL/ELT, data modelling and scalable data architectures. Familiarity with Azure Data Factory, Qlik Replicate and data ...

Principal Data Engineer

Location
City Of London, England, United Kingdom
About IG Group Job Title Principal Data Engineer Job Description So, who are we? IG Group is a FTSE 100 fintech operating across five continents, serving over 1.3m customers and handling billions of dollars in transactions – built on scale, trust, and proof. We didn’t pivot … give you the platform to define what comes next. Join us at IG – the future gets built here. Your team IG’s Data function is a central capability serving both central and divisional business lines across the entire IG estate. The Data Engineering team is responsible ...

Principal Data Engineer: Trading Data Platform Leader

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
London Metal Exchange in London is seeking a Principal Data Engineer to shape the data platform, processing vast trading data with scalable, reliable systems. You will lead initiatives across ingestion, storage, streaming, and data products, collaborating with Trading Tech, Data Engineering … deliver self-service capabilities and robust data services for analytics and trading workloads. #J-18808-Ljbffr ...

Principal Data Engineer & Tech Lead (Azure + Databricks)

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
KPMG in the UK is seeking a Senior Manager - Principal Data Engineer to shape data engineering strategy and lead a high-performing team within Clara Technology & Solutions. The role focuses on Databricks, Azure cloud, and enterprise-scale data delivery. Responsibilities include designing scalable data ...

Principal Data Engineer, Secure Platform & DataOps Lead

Location
England, United Kingdom
Matchtech is seeking a Principal Data Engineer for the Secure Digital Platform (SDP) Data and Integration. The role is based in Reading with hybrid working arrangements and requires active SC clearance. Initial contract until February 2027 with strong extension potential on a long-term programme. … will design and maintain scalable, secure data architectures, lead enterprise pipelines, enforce data standards, and drive DataOps within a defence-focused environment. #J-18808-Ljbffr ...

Principal Data Control Engineer

Location
Caddington, England, United Kingdom
Description: Your Impact: Join us as a Principal Data Manager and play a key role in ensuring the integrity, control, and governance of critical engineering and programme data across complex defence and aerospace programmes. Reporting to the Lead Configuration & Data Manager, you’ll ensure … delivery of data management activities, guaranteeing information is accurately identified, controlled, protected, and traceable throughout the product lifecycle. Working closely with engineering, programme, quality, and configuration teams, you will implement and maintain data management practices in line with organisational policies, industry standards, and business strategy. You will also ...

Principal Data Control Engineer

Location
Luton, England, United Kingdom
Description: Your Impact: Join us as a Principal Data Manager and play a key role in ensuring the integrity, control, and governance of critical engineering and programme data across complex defence and aerospace programmes. Reporting to the Lead Configuration & Data Manager, you’ll ensure … delivery of data management activities, guaranteeing information is accurately identified, controlled, protected, and traceable throughout the product lifecycle. Working closely with engineering, programme, quality, and configuration teams, you will implement and maintain data management practices in line with organisational policies, industry standards, and business strategy. You will also ...

Principal Data Governance & Security Engineer

Location
Caddington, England, United Kingdom
Leonardo UK Ltd in the United Kingdom is seeking a Principal Data Manager to govern and safeguard critical engineering and programme data across defence and aerospace programmes. You will ensure data is identified, controlled, and traceable throughout the product lifecycle. Reporting to the Lead Configuration & Data Manager, you will lead DMP development, maintain data integrity, and drive audits and compliance while collaborating with engineering, quality, and configuration teams. #J-18808-Ljbffr ...

Principal Data Platform Engineer (Hybrid UK)

Location
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Group and Public Services in London, Salford and Glasgow, hybrid, seeks a Principal Software Engineer to lead data platform evolution and design scalable cloud architectures. You will drive data lake/warehouse improvements and partner with stakeholders on architectural decisions. You will champion IaC with ...

Principal Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
VIQU IT
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP 1,000 Daily
property businesses in the country. Not a name you will see on job boards, because they have never needed to advertise. And, remarkably, no data platform. Property management, asset management and accounting all sit in separate systems that do not talk to each other, which means nobody … translate the organisation's highest-value problems into a technical roadmap, balancing a robust platform architecture against rapid delivery. Build the foundation. Design the data model that operates as a single source of truth, and the pipelines that store and reconcile properties, entities, leases, tenants, projects, invoices, cash flows ...