Principal Data Engineer

PRINCIPAL DATA ENGINEER

LONDON

£107,000

THE COMPANY

This consumer-tech powerhouse brings together several market-leading ecommerce brands, serving over 10 million customers across Europe. Now in an exciting phase of growth and innovation, this company is investing heavily in its data platform-giving this role a direct impact on shaping the future of how data empowers product, marketing, and operations at scale.

THE ROLE

As a Principal Data Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in designing and building a world-class, self-serve data platform. You'll be the technical owner within your team while collaborating across the wider data and ML landscape to drive architectural best practices, data quality, and scalability.

Specifically, you can expect to be involved in the following:

  • Architecting and evolving data solutions primarily within Snowflake, alongside a modern
  • Driving platform-level improvements with a focus on data usability, governance, and long-term sustainability
  • Implementing robust engineering and software best practices across the data lifecycle
  • Collaborating with Principal ML Engineers, Product Managers, and Engineering Directors to solve high-impact business problems
  • Championing data platform evolution from fragmented legacy systems to streamlined, scalable infrastructure

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

The successful Principal Data Engineer will have the following skills and experience:

  • 7+ years in data engineering, ideally within consumer-facing tech or B2C product companies
  • Deep expertise in Snowflake, with strong hands-on experience in building scalable data warehousing solutions
  • Proven ability to build self-serve data platforms and high-quality data assets
  • Strong architectural acumen and software engineering fundamentals
  • Experience driving adoption of data governance and improving data platform usage across internal teams
  • stack including:
    • Snowflake
    • AWS
    • DBT
    • Airflow
    • Python
    • Kinesis
    • Terraform
    • CI/CD tools

BENEFITS

The successful Principal Data Engineer will receive the following benefits:

  • Salary up to £107,000
  • Hybrid working: 2 days per week in the London office
  • 25 days holiday + bank holidays
  • Enhanced parental leave policies
  • Private medical insurance and life assurance
  • Employee discounts across ecommerce brands
  • Mental health and wellbeing support
  • Learning and development budget
  • Pension with company match

HOW TO APPLY

Please register your interest by sending your resume/CV to Joana Alves via the Apply link on this page.

Company
Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£95,000 - £107,000 per annum
Posted
Company
Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£95,000 - £107,000 per annum
Posted