14 of 14 Principal Data Engineer Jobs in London

Principal Data Engineer (Python AWS) London/WFH to £120k Do you have significant experience with Python data engineering and architecture? You could be progressing your career in an impactful, hands-on Principal Data Engineer role at a hugely successful European eCommerce with a customer base of over 10 million. As a Principal Data Engineer you will take a lead role in building a platform that enables a decentralised-by-design data adoption model within the business, defining and championing technical principles and practices to make improvements and implement a well engineered, well governed data platform that meets customer needs. You will provide technical leadership and technical solution … design on multiple, complex initiatives, drive continuous improvement on key metrics (business value, cost efficiency, speed and quality of delivery) and contribute to key decision making across the Data and Machine Learning engineering space on technical approaches to balance delivering near-term commercial impact and building long-term foundations. Location/WFH: You can work from home most of More ❯

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 More ❯

Principal Data Engineer/Architect (Snowflake AWS SQL Python) London/WFH to £140k Opportunity to progress your career in an impactful Principal Data Engineer role at a growing technology company as they scale their UK presence. As a Principal Data Engineer you will lead the architecture and design of the … Data Platform using Snowflake and AWS. Collaborating with product and engineering colleagues as well as internal business stakeholders on the product backlog for the Data Platform, you'll ensure solutions are secure and scalable and promote best practices in CI/CD, IaC and DataOps. Location/WFH: You'll be bale to work from home most of … the time, meeting up with colleagues in the London office once or twice a week. About you: You are a highly technical Data Engineer/Architect with experience of designing data lakes, data pipelines and meta data management You have strong Snowflake and AWS data services experience You have advanced SQL and Python coding More ❯

Principal Data Engineer/Architect (Snowflake AWS SQL Python) London/WFH to £140k Opportunity to progress your career in an impactful Principal Data Engineer role at a growing technology company as they scale their UK presence. As a Principal Data Engineer you will lead the architecture and design of the … Data Platform using Snowflake and AWS. Collaborating with product and engineering colleagues as well as internal business stakeholders on the product backlog for the Data Platform, you'll ensure solutions are secure and scalable and promote best practices in CI/CD, IaC and DataOps. Location/WFH: You'll be bale to work from home most of … the time, meeting up with colleagues in the London office once or twice a week. About you: You are a highly technical Data Engineer/Architect with experience of designing data lakes, data pipelines and meta data management You have strong Snowflake and AWS data services experience You have advanced SQL and Python coding More ❯

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 ❯

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 ❯

Our Principal Data Engineers are responsible for leading and delivering strategically significant, complex client engagements across our portfolio of clients. We believe that great delivery stems from a thorough understanding of our clients and their needs, strong discipline skills and subject matter expertise, excellent leadership and a clear vision of lasting and effective change in a public sector … environment. We expect our Principal Data Engineers to bring all of that and enthuse our delivery teams with the same passion. The successful candidate will lead the Data Engineering aspects of our client engagements while overseeing the wider delivery within the account (or industry) when appropriate. They will coach and develop team members on their engagements providing … them with detailed performance feedback, as well as monitoring overall delivery to achieve the highest levels of client satisfaction. In addition, our Principal Data Engineers are responsible for engaging with our clients to understand their challenges and build lasting, trusted advisor relationships. They will also oversee multiple, concurrent client deliveries to help ensure quality and drive the sharing More ❯

Principal Data Engineer - Data Platforms/Data Lakes/Cloud/Python - 6-Month Contract - £625 p/d Inside IR35 - London A global digital media organisation are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join their Data Foundation & Product Analytics team on an initial 12-month contract. This role sits at … the forefront of enterprise data strategy, engineering, and platform governance - and will be instrumental in shaping the next generation of data infrastructure within the business. This is a hybrid role (London-based) with flexibility in a fast-paced, multi-cloud, multiplatform environment. You will partner with the Enterprise Data Lake and Governance teams, architecting robust data pipelines and platforms across cloud and on-prem ecosystems, whilst establishing and enforcing standards for data modelling, ensuring consistency in data quality. Key Responsibilities: Architect and lead the development of large-scale, secure, and resilient data lakes and pipelines using Data Lakes and Data Mesh concepts. Leading a small team including Developers, Data More ❯

Principal Data Engineer - Contract - Inside IR35 Spinks are working with a scaling Digital Transformation Consultancy who have an exciting new project with a leading Media & Entertainment provider. They're looking for multiple experienced Data Engineers to join on an initial 6 month contract basis, with scope for further extensions. -Python, AWS, dbt, SQL, -Principal Data Engineer -6 Month Contract -Inside IR35 -£500 - 600/Day -Remote (Occasional office visits may be required ad-hoc) If you're interested in this role & meet the above, please apply now More ❯

Principal Data Engineer - Contract - Inside IR35 Spinks are working with a scaling Digital Transformation Consultancy who have an exciting new project with a leading Media & Entertainment provider. They're looking for multiple experienced Data Engineers to join on an initial 6 month contract basis, with scope for further extensions. -Python, AWS, dbt, SQL, -Principal Data Engineer -6 Month Contract -Inside IR35 -£(Apply online only)/Day -Remote (Occasional office visits may be required ad-hoc) If you're interested in this role & meet the above, please apply now More ❯

The role is to provide data engineering and architectural leadership to teams building core data products and services powering Springer Nature's researcher brands. About you You're happy working across teams and departments to align and coordinate the development and delivery of data-centric solutions. You spot risks and opportunities and fill in the gaps between … delivery teams. You help remove blockers throughout the data supply chain. You produce demos and MVPs for analysis and to test out possible solutions that you can use to demonstrate ideas or gaps. You take an iterative approach to solving complex problems and seek feedback to quickly arrive at the best result. Role Responsibilities: Coordinate across teams to ensure … consistent data product development and utilization, establishing and delivering the defined data architecture. This includes working with the Data Architect to understand team needs, use cases, and constraints for the data ecosystems. Work with both data producers and consumers to optimize existing data products and the data within them to meet evolving business More ❯

high-growth Google Cloud consultancy. At Qodea, you'll be part of a team energised by innovation and passionate about delivering exceptional results. We craft cutting-edge solutions in data and analytics, AI, cloud infrastructure and security, driving digital transformation that empowers our customers to scale, modernise and lead in their industries. We're driven by ideas and powered … by our people. We are looking for a Principal Data Engineer to work alongside our market-leading engineers and architects to deliver complex projects and make valuable impacts for our customers. We really value in-person collaboration, so we're looking for you to spend at least 60% of your time on-site. This means being at … site. How You'll Shape Our Success The purpose of this role is to engage with enterprise-level organisations to offer a consultative view and direction on best practice data architecture using Google Cloud solutions. What You'll Do Lead client engagements and project delivery: Lead client engagements and team lead on client-facing delivery projects Consult, design, coordinate More ❯

Principal Data Engineer Up to £107,500 + Bonus + Benefits London - Hybrid Are you a hands-on data engineering leader who thrives on building robust platforms and driving technical excellence? I'm partnering with a well-loved consumer tech business that brings joy and storytelling into people's lives-and they're now scaling their … data and ML platform to support the next phase of growth. This is a chance to be at the forefront of a data transformation journey-owning architectural direction, mentoring engineers, and shaping a decentralised data model that will serve marketing, product, finance, and AI functions across the group. Why Join? Up to £107,500 base salary Hybrid … working with a London base (flexibility offered) High-impact role with a growing, values-driven data team Platform-focused, mission-led engineering Work with a modern cloud-native stack (Snowflake, DBT, Airflow, Terraform, AWS) What You'll Be Doing Serve as the technical lead for cross-functional data initiatives Define and champion best practices for building scalable, governed More ❯

The driving force behind our Machine Learning and Data Science infrastructure at Mimecast Embrace the incredible opportunities that lie within Mimecast, where innovation and impact converge. The cybersecurity industry is experiencing exponential growth, and by joining us, you'll be at the forefront of this ever-evolving landscape. The field is rapidly changing, as threat actors employ AI to … scale up phishing and social engineering operations. Why Join Our Team? "You'll have the chance to build large-scale data pipelines moving billions of data points daily in real-time, and develop, deploy and utilise cutting-edge ML models, empowering you to thwart those cyber villains and safeguard businesses and individuals alike. As a company that is … well-established and committed to growth, we are actively expanding our ML team with a Principal Data Engineer - Machine Learning role which is amongst the most senior roles in the team, directly reporting to the Director of Data Science. Join us on this exhilarating journey, where you'll shape the future of cybersecurity by developing large More ❯