Permanent Principal Data Engineer Jobs in the UK

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Principal Data Engineer

Richmond, Surrey, South East, United Kingdom
Datix Limited
RLDatix is on a mission to transform care delivery worldwide, ensuring every patient receives the safest, highest-quality care. Through our innovative Healthcare Operations Platform, we're connecting data to unlock trusted insights that enable improved decision-making and help deliver safer healthcare for all. At RLDatix were making healthcare safer, together. Our shared passion for meaningful work drives … us, while a supportive, respectful culture makes it all possible. As a team, we collaborate globally to reach our ultimate goalhelping people. Were searching for aLondon-based Principal Data Engineer to join our Data and Reporting Platform team, so that we can design and implement a robust data strategy that ensures our data is … accessible, reliable, and secure, to support critical business decisions. The Principal Data Engineerwill develop and maintain data models, architecture, and integration strategies to empower data-driven decisions for our global team. In this pivotal role, you will leverage your extensive experience in data engineering and architecture to design and implement robust data solutions that More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
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Principal Data Engineer

London, England, United Kingdom
Hirebridge
RLDatix is on a mission to transform care delivery worldwide, ensuring every patient receives the safest, highest-quality care. Through our innovative Healthcare Operations Platform, we're connecting data to unlock trusted insights that enable improved decision-making and help deliver safer healthcare for all. At RLDatix we’re making healthcare safer, together. Our shared passion for meaningful work … us, while a supportive, respectful culture makes it all possible. As a team, we collaborate globally to reach our ultimate goal—helping people. We’re searching for aLondon-based Principal Data Engineer to join our Data and Reporting Platform team, so that we can design and implement a robust data strategy that ensures our data is accessible, reliable, and secure, to support critical business decisions. The Principal Data Engineerwill develop and maintain data models, architecture, and integration strategies to empower data-driven decisions for our global team. In this pivotal role, you will leverage your extensive experience in data engineering and architecture to design and implement robust data More ❯
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Principal Data Engineer

United Kingdom
Ronald James Group
About the Role Seeking a senior Principal Data Engineer to join a dynamic data team dedicated to delivering trusted, high-quality data products that empower decision-making across the organization. Responsibilities Lead architecture, design, and development of scalable data pipelines and platforms. Collaborate closely with data scientists, analysts, and business stakeholders to understand … needs and translate them into robust technical solutions. Ensure data integrity, reliability, and performance across ingestion, processing, storage, and consumption layers. Mentor and guide junior to mid-level data engineers through code reviews, best practices, and career development. Drive data strategy, tooling choices, and standards across the team. Monitor and optimize system performance, implementing improvements as needed. … Required Experience & Skills Extensive experience in data engineering, particularly building end-to-end production-grade data pipelines. Proficiency in ETL/ELT processes and strong programming skills (e.g., Python, Java, or Scala). Hands-on experience with cloud-based data platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, or Azure). Strong experience with Databricks Skilled in data modeling, warehousing More ❯
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Principal Data Engineer

London, England, United Kingdom
Ronald James Group
About the Role Seeking a senior Principal Data Engineer to join a dynamic data team dedicated to delivering trusted, high-quality data products that empower decision-making across the organization. Responsibilities Lead architecture, design, and development of scalable data pipelines and platforms. Collaborate closely with data scientists, analysts, and business stakeholders to understand … needs and translate them into robust technical solutions. Ensure data integrity, reliability, and performance across ingestion, processing, storage, and consumption layers. Mentor and guide junior to mid-level data engineers through code reviews, best practices, and career development. Drive data strategy, tooling choices, and standards across the team. Monitor and optimize system performance, implementing improvements as needed. … Required Experience & Skills Extensive experience in data engineering, particularly building end-to-end production-grade data pipelines. Proficiency in ETL/ELT processes and strong programming skills (e.g., Python, Java, or Scala). Hands-on experience with cloud-based data platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, or Azure). Strong experience with Databricks Skilled in data modeling, warehousing More ❯
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Principal Data Systems Engineer

Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Pret A Manger
made, healthy food, to go’. We’re aiming to better understand our customers and their preferences, so now is an exciting time to join us! The Role The Principal Data Systems Engineer will be instrumental in ensuring Pret’s data infrastructure is robust, performant, and reliable. You will take ownership of the end-to-end … management of Pret’s SQL databases and cloud-based Snowflake platform, enabling the business to efficiently store, manage, and access critical data for analytics, reporting, and operations. Reporting to the Lead Data Engineer, you will collaborate closely with the Data Engineering team and business stakeholders to optimise database performance, troubleshoot issues, and ensure high availability and … security across all environments. This role will combine hands-on technical expertise with thought leadership, helping shape Pret’s data strategy and supporting the delivery of scalable, high-quality solutions. As part of a highly skilled and collaborative team, you will champion modern database best practices, automation, and continuous improvement to unlock the full potential of Pret’s data. More ❯
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Principal Data Engineer

London, England, United Kingdom
Epam
Social network you want to login/join with: Description About the role Are you a Principal Data Engineer with a passion for big data? Do you keep up to date with cutting-edge technologies within D&A? If so, then you have a fantastic opportunity to join a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, architects, designers … and strategists as we continue to grow our Data & Analytics practice across Europe. We're looking for a Principal Data Engineer with Azure, Databricks, and PySpark to join our team in London. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in data engineering, extensive experience with Azure cloud services, and experience leading a technical team … on implementations. Responsibilities Lead, mentor, and manage a team of Azure data engineers Drive the team's technical execution Collaborate with cross-functional teams including data scientists, analysts, and business stakeholders to ensure a quality single version of the truth Build end-to-end pipelines to support enterprise-wide analytics Design, develop, and implement scalable and secure data More ❯
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Principal Data Engineer

London, United Kingdom
Storio group
About our Data & ML team Data & AI powers our growth and innovation. We build enterprise platforms to create actionable insight enabling colleagues to make effective decisions and create proactive, automated, hyper-personalised experiences for our customers. We have a growing data and AI team in the UK and Netherlands. We function as the backbone for a variety … of data-hungry consumers and platforms across the business within Marketing, Finance, Operations and Product teams. Our AI photo services are at the heart of our consumer experience and we're expanding our footprint towards decentralised ML adoption within the business. As a team, we have come together through mergers. We are at the end of a phase of … simplification of legacy infrastructure and moving into the next phase of consolidation and growth. Who we're looking for We are looking for an experienced Principal Data Engineer to join our London-based data team and help us (re-)build a platform that accelerates a decentralised-by-design data adoption model within the business. We More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Principal Data Engineer

Hampshire, South East, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
IPS Group
Role: Principal Data Engineer Type: Permanent Location: Hampshire, London (Hybrid Working) Salary: £80,000 - £90,000 + Benefits Are you an experienced Data Engineer ready to take the next step into a strategic, hands-on leadership role? This is a fantastic opportunity to join a well-established organisation with a long-standing heritage and a … sector. They are a household name in general insurance and part of a larger European group, with a UK presence that continues to grow. With significant investment in their data and technology function, theyre now looking to bring on a Principal Data Engineer to help shape and evolve their data infrastructure and engineering capability. The … Opportunity: This is a pivotal role where youll lead on the design, delivery, and optimisation of scalable, secure data systems that support the wider business strategy. Youll be part of a collaborative tech environment, working closely with cross-functional teams and mentoring fellow engineers. Its a great blend of hands-on technical work and strategic influence. What Youll Be More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent, Work From Home
Salary: £95,000
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Principal Data Engineer

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
83data
Job Title: Principal Data Engineer Location: London, UK – Hybrid (Liverpool Street office) Department: Data & Engineering Reports To: Head of Data Science Employment Type: Permanent A leading global payments and fintech platform , empowering clients to innovate and scale. Their mission is to create frictionless, secure, and intelligent payment solutions that unlock value across banking, financial services … and digital assets. As they continue to scale their data infrastructure , they’re seeking a seasoned Principal Data Engineer to help design, build, and optimise a modern data platform, with a focus on orchestration (Airflow), scalable data warehouse architecture, and high-performance pipelines. The ideal candidate will bring both technical depth and strategic thinking … with the ability to communicate effectively across business and technical teams. Key Responsibilities Design and lead the development of scalable, secure, and high-performance data warehouse solutions for BI and analytics. Define and drive the long-term architecture and data strategy in alignment with business goals. Own orchestration of ETL/ELT workflows using Apache Airflow , including scheduling More ❯
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Principal Data Engineer

London Area, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
83data
Job Title: Principal Data Engineer Location: London, UK – Hybrid (Liverpool Street office) Department: Data & Engineering Reports To: Head of Data Science Employment Type: Permanent A leading global payments and fintech platform , empowering clients to innovate and scale. Their mission is to create frictionless, secure, and intelligent payment solutions that unlock value across banking, financial services … and digital assets. As they continue to scale their data infrastructure , they’re seeking a seasoned Principal Data Engineer to help design, build, and optimise a modern data platform, with a focus on orchestration (Airflow), scalable data warehouse architecture, and high-performance pipelines. The ideal candidate will bring both technical depth and strategic thinking … with the ability to communicate effectively across business and technical teams. Key Responsibilities Design and lead the development of scalable, secure, and high-performance data warehouse solutions for BI and analytics. Define and drive the long-term architecture and data strategy in alignment with business goals. Own orchestration of ETL/ELT workflows using Apache Airflow , including scheduling More ❯
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Principal Data Engineer

South East London, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
83data
Job Title: Principal Data Engineer Location: London, UK – Hybrid (Liverpool Street office) Department: Data & Engineering Reports To: Head of Data Science Employment Type: Permanent A leading global payments and fintech platform , empowering clients to innovate and scale. Their mission is to create frictionless, secure, and intelligent payment solutions that unlock value across banking, financial services … and digital assets. As they continue to scale their data infrastructure , they’re seeking a seasoned Principal Data Engineer to help design, build, and optimise a modern data platform, with a focus on orchestration (Airflow), scalable data warehouse architecture, and high-performance pipelines. The ideal candidate will bring both technical depth and strategic thinking … with the ability to communicate effectively across business and technical teams. Key Responsibilities Design and lead the development of scalable, secure, and high-performance data warehouse solutions for BI and analytics. Define and drive the long-term architecture and data strategy in alignment with business goals. Own orchestration of ETL/ELT workflows using Apache Airflow , including scheduling More ❯
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Principal Data Engineer (Closing Date - 30 May 2025)

Leeds, United Kingdom
慨正橡扯
About Us We are Data Services, our mission is to unlock the value of data by delivering high-quality, reliable, and secure data services that are accessible, understandable, and actionable! We continuously evolve our offerings, using modern cloud-based technologies, and foster strong partnerships to help our colleagues in the Bank navigate the complexities of a data-driven world and achieve their strategic objectives. Job Description The use of data within Central Banking is evolving. The combination of data being collected at scale and significant advances in data technology has created the need to expand our Data Engineering team in Data Services. We are building the Bank's strategic cloud data platform to host products that solve real-world problems while putting customers at the centre. The Principal Data Engineer will play a pivotal role in designing, implementing, and supporting data pipelines on the Bank's data platform. You will lead innovative, data-centric products and predictive analysis work while developing automated solutions that More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Principal Data Engineer

Leeds, United Kingdom
Hippo Digital Limited
About The Role Hippo is recruiting for a Principal Data Engineer to join our Hippo Herd. Principal Data Engineers work in multi-disciplinary teams that build, support & maintain User-Centred digital solutions that offer real value and work for everyone. Hippo's Principal Data Engineers are experts in their field. You will act … as a principal consultant providing technical expertise in data engineering practices both internally and to our clients. You will drive the team's technical deliverables, maintain client relationships and be passionate about developing and upskilling others. Please note, we are looking for candidates who are looking for growth at this level (principal), therefore the advertised salary band … your team and stakeholders, identifying and ensuring that challenges are overcome Lead in the recruitment of other engineers, and support other consultants in their professional development Ensure Hippo's Data and Engineering communities contribute to Hippo's business at a strategic level Lead on new business opportunities, writing technical bids and proposals Promote Hippo's Data Herd externally More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Principle Data Engineer ( AWS & Airflow )

London, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
83zero Ltd
Job Title: Principal Data Engineer Location: London, UK - Hybrid (Liverpool Street office) Department: Data & Engineering Reports To: Head of Data Science Employment Type: Permanent A leading global payments and fintech platform , empowering clients to innovate and scale. Their mission is to create frictionless, secure, and intelligent payment solutions that unlock value across banking, financial services … and digital assets. As they continue to scale their data infrastructure , they're seeking a seasoned Principal Data Engineer to help design, build, and optimise a modern data platform, with a focus on orchestration (Airflow), scalable data warehouse architecture, and high-performance pipelines. The ideal candidate will bring both technical depth and strategic thinking … with the ability to communicate effectively across business and technical teams. Key Responsibilities Design and lead the development of scalable, secure, and high-performance data warehouse solutions for BI and analytics. Define and drive the long-term architecture and data strategy in alignment with business goals. Own orchestration of ETL/ELT workflows using Apache Airflow , including scheduling More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: £115000 - £125000/annum 10% Bonus
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Principle Data Engineer

London, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
83zero Limited
Job Title: Principal Data Engineer Location: London, UK - Hybrid (Liverpool Street office) Department: Data & Engineering Reports To: Head of Data Science Employment Type: Permanent A leading global payments and fintech platform , empowering clients to innovate and scale. Their mission is to create frictionless, secure, and intelligent payment solutions that unlock value across banking, financial services … and digital assets. As they continue to scale their data infrastructure , they're seeking a seasoned Principal Data Engineer to help design, build, and optimise a modern data platform, with a focus on orchestration (Airflow), scalable data warehouse architecture, and high-performance pipelines. The ideal candidate will bring both technical depth and strategic thinking … with the ability to communicate effectively across business and technical teams. Key Responsibilities Design and lead the development of scalable, secure, and high-performance data warehouse solutions for BI and analytics. Define and drive the long-term architecture and data strategy in alignment with business goals. Own orchestration of ETL/ELT workflows using Apache Airflow , including scheduling More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent, Work From Home
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Principal Data Engineer

Taunton, England, United Kingdom
Hays
is provided by Hays. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more. Base pay range Your new role As Principal Data Engineer, you'll join a collaborative and agile data engineering team where you'll take responsibility for all aspects of data engineering while working … ll be working in a team that organises as generalists to encourage sharing of projects, knowledge, and technical skills. The team maintains a large codebase of cloud-deployed, serverless data pipelines written to high software engineering standards. Your responsibilities will include: Working with stakeholders and delivery managers to build and deliver data services Collaborating with peers to build … and maintain effective data engineering capability Producing roadmaps and architecting data flows to contribute to engineering solutions Ensuring reliability and performance of data engineering pipelines Modelling and building data storage solutions for various data types Leading on code quality and documentation standards Sharing technical expertise with members of the data engineering team Providing line More ❯
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Principal / Lead Data Engineer

London, England, United Kingdom
British Airways
when you're inspired to think big and bring your ambition to work every day, which is why, at British Airways the sky is never the limit. The Role: Principal Data Engineer Join our forward thinking Data team at British Airways as a Principal Data Engineer, a pivotal leadership role guiding the design … development, and delivery of innovative data products that drive strategic value across the business. You'll lead from the front, setting technical direction and mentoring a high performing team to deliver data excellence at scale. What You'll Do - Provide hands on leadership to a team of data engineers, ensuring high standards of delivery, quality, and technical … innovation - Work closely with Product Owners, Data Architects, and Technical Architects to define solutions that align with strategic business goals - Lead the design and development of robust, scalable, and flexible data products that anticipate future analytics and reporting needs - Champion best practices in data engineering, including version control, testing, and documentation across all codebases - Shape cross product More ❯
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Principal Data Engineer for Data Asset & Provisioning Technology

London, England, United Kingdom
HSBC
team builds innovative digital solutions rapidly and at scale to deliver the next generation of banking services for our customers around the world. We are looking for an exceptional Principal Engineer to serve as the technical anchor for the Data Asset and Provisioning Technology domain, covering platforms and capabilities including Enterprise Data Assets (EDA), Reference Data, Big Data & Movement, and Data Decisioning engineering. This role will drive technical strategy, architecture, and engineering excellence across distributed data platforms that are foundational to data democratization, AI enablement, customer insight, and regulatory compliance. The Principal Engineer will provide hands-on leadership in modern data and digital engineering practices, hybrid cloud enablement … event-driven architecture, and platform scalability to ensure enterprise-ready and future-fit data services. This role is suited for a senior technologist with deep experience in data platform engineering and the ability to influence product and delivery teams across a large, global, matrixed organization. Job Requirements: Define and evolve the reference engineering standards for core data More ❯
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Principal Data Engineer

London, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Burns Sheehan
Principal Data Engineer £120,000-£140,000 ️ Snowflake, SQL, dbt London, hybrid working Finance empowering small business We have joined forces with a leading UK fintech who help small businesses get the funds they need, when they need it. They are looking for a Principal Data Engineer who will be responsible for the data platform. In this role you'll define data strategy, drive the evolution of data infrastructure, and ensure data systems enable impactful decision-making across the business. What you'll be doing You will take ownership of the Snowflake platform to ensure it is a highly efficient and accessible resource for the business. You will lead the … development and optimisation of data pipelines using dbt, enabling faster and more reliable data flows. You will collaborate with analysts and data scientists to design and maintain data models that enable more intuitive use for reporting, machine learning, and advanced analytics. You will design and implement robust data governance frameworks, ensuring high data quality More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Principal Data Engineer

Taunton, England, United Kingdom
ZipRecruiter
Job Description Your new role As Principal Data Engineer, you'll join a collaborative and agile data engineering team where you'll take responsibility for all aspects of data engineering while working with peers to ensure the efficient and sustainable function of the team. You'll be working in a team that organises as generalists … to encourage sharing of projects, knowledge, and technical skills. The team maintains a large codebase of cloud-deployed, serverless data pipelines written to high software engineering standards. Your responsibilities will include: Working with stakeholders and delivery managers to build and deliver data services Collaborating with peers to build and maintain effective data engineering capability Producing roadmaps and … architecting data flows to contribute to engineering solutions Ensuring reliability and performance of data engineering pipelines Modelling and building data storage solutions for various data types Leading on code quality and documentation standards Sharing technical expertise with members of the data engineering team Providing line management and mentoring to junior team members, helping prioritise their More ❯
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Principal Data Engineer

London Area, United Kingdom
Anson McCade
Principal Data Engineer £95,000 - £105,000 + Bonus London (other UK locations available) A top-tier global consultancy is in search of a Data Engineer (Principal Consultant) to drive the delivery of cloud-native data platforms across complex, high-impact environments. If you’re passionate about data engineering, experienced in building … work (RFI/RFP), and want to work in an organisation that values creativity, autonomy, and technical excellence — this could be the one. What you’ll do as a Principal Data Engineer: • Lead the architecture and build of modern data platforms using AWS-native tools (S3, Redshift, Lambda, Glue, DynamoDB, Matillion, etc.). • Drive best practices … in CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code, and data ops methodologies. • Liaise directly with clients to define requirements, shape technical solutions, and oversee successful delivery. • Contribute to practice growth through recruitment, coaching, and mentoring. • Lead business development activities including RFI/RFP responses and proposal development. • Ensure solutions are secure, scalable, and production-ready. • Be an advocate of clean More ❯
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Principal Data Engineer

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Anson McCade
Principal Data Engineer £95,000 - £105,000 + Bonus London (other UK locations available) A top-tier global consultancy is in search of a Data Engineer (Principal Consultant) to drive the delivery of cloud-native data platforms across complex, high-impact environments. If you’re passionate about data engineering, experienced in building … work (RFI/RFP), and want to work in an organisation that values creativity, autonomy, and technical excellence — this could be the one. What you’ll do as a Principal Data Engineer: • Lead the architecture and build of modern data platforms using AWS-native tools (S3, Redshift, Lambda, Glue, DynamoDB, Matillion, etc.). • Drive best practices … in CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code, and data ops methodologies. • Liaise directly with clients to define requirements, shape technical solutions, and oversee successful delivery. • Contribute to practice growth through recruitment, coaching, and mentoring. • Lead business development activities including RFI/RFP responses and proposal development. • Ensure solutions are secure, scalable, and production-ready. • Be an advocate of clean More ❯
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Principal Data Engineer

Taunton, Somerset, South West, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Yolk Recruitment
Principal Data Engineer - up to £72,000- Hybrid working (Taunton Based but flexible) The Opportunity Yolk Recruitment Public Sector & Not-for-Profit team are working with a valuable civil service organisation that is relatively unknown. Their specialised focus leads to very unique roles with a large scope for personal learning and development. We are supporting them to … recruit a Principal Data Engineer who has excellent Python coding skills working in an advanced multi-cloud environment - who can coach and mentor junior members of staff. This role will require Security Clearance so the successful candidate will need to have lived in the UK for at least 5 years. What the Principal Data Engineer will be doing . You will be leading on the design, implementation and maintenance of core data modelling, storage and pipeline solutions; using stakeholder requirements to guide your decisions. Building effective and scalable data pipelines, models and storage - driving the team forward and working closely with stakeholders Generating roadmaps and data architecture based on business needs More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent, Work From Home
Salary: £70,000
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Principal Data Engineer

City of London, England, United Kingdom
JR United Kingdom
Social network you want to login/join with: Principal Data Engineer, london (city of london) col-narrow-left Client: Xcede Location: london (city of london), United Kingdom Job Category: Other - EU work permit required: Yes col-narrow-right Job Views: 2 Posted: 16.06.2025 Expiry Date: 31.07.2025 col-wide Job Description: Principal Data Engineer Hybrid - London – weekly office visit We’re working with a cutting-edge SaaS business that's revolutionising how organisations integrate systems, manage data, and deliver insights. This high-growth, product-led company offers a game-changing, AI-powered platform that’s driving digital transformation for global clients. The organisation are known for their incredible culture and have won … multiple awards for their approach to high achieving professionalism balanced with a great work-life balance. About the Role We’re looking for a Principal Data Engineer to join a highly skilled team focused on delivering next-gen, data-driven solutions across complex enterprise environments. We’re looking to a Principal Technical Contributor who can More ❯
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Principal Data Engineer

Slough, England, United Kingdom
JR United Kingdom
Social network you want to login/join with: We’re working with a cutting-edge SaaS business that's revolutionising how organisations integrate systems, manage data, and deliver insights. This high-growth, product-led company offers a game-changing, AI-powered platform that’s driving digital transformation for global clients. The organisation are known for their incredible culture … and have won multiple awards for their approach to high achieving professionalism balanced with a great work-life balance. About the Role We’re looking for a Principal Data Engineer to join a highly skilled team focused on delivering next-gen, data-driven solutions across complex enterprise environments. We’re looking to a Principal Technical … company’s Product internally, while also listening to and tailoring for clients. You’ll act as a platform superuser and thought leader, responsible for designing and delivering modular, reusable data architecture components that accelerate implementation and drive value for customers. This is a key opportunity to influence the development of industry-specific solutions for use by clients, implementation partners More ❯
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Principal Data Engineer
10th Percentile
£72,750
25th Percentile
£81,250
Median
£85,000
75th Percentile
£125,000
90th Percentile
£135,000