2 of 2 DemandTrendContract Principal Data Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Principal Data Engineer - Azure Databricks (Unity Catalog) - Contract Location: Bristol - Hybrid - 2 days a week in the office Contract Length: 12 Months Day Rate: Negotiable Job Ref: J12998 A data for good organisation that is in the early stages of building a modern Analytics and Data Engineering function, are looking to bring in a Principal Data Engineer to support and lead key elements of this transformation. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys building data platforms from the ground up, mentoring teams, and deploying cutting edge solutions in a collaborative environment. In this role, the successful candidate will be responsible for designing and implementing scalable, reusable data pipelines … to support a range of analytics and AI-driven projects. The organisation is currently transitioning to Azure as well as Databricks and Principal Data Engineer will play a crucial role in shaping that platform, helping the data team upskill, and embed best practices across the function. They will also lead on bringing AI models into production More ❯

Principal Data Engineer (Contract) Hybrid (London-based) | £450-£650/day A leading scientific and cultural institution is seeking a Principal Data Engineer to design and scale cloud-native data infrastructure powering biodiversity research, digitisation, and AI workflows. Key Responsibilities Architect and build scalable data pipelines for ingestion, transformation, enrichment, and publication. … Integrate AI/ML workflows, including training data pipelines and inference outputs. Lead AWS-based data engineering using services like S3, Lambda, Glue, and Athena. Ensure interoperability with global research infrastructures (e.g. DiSSCo UK, RECODE, DToL). Define best practices in data quality, metadata, and reproducibility. Collaborate with cross-functional teams (science, software, product). Mentor engineers … and contribute to institutional data strategy and standards. Tech Requirements Strong Python skills; experience with Airflow, Luigi, or Spark. Proven track record building robust, scalable ETL/ELT systems. Experience with scientific, semi-structured, or biodiversity data. Familiarity with semantic web standards (e.g. Darwin Core, JSON-LD, Linked Data). Knowledge of NoSQL/graph databases (e.g. MongoDB More ❯