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Principal Data Engineer

Liverpool, England, United Kingdom💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-06 → 2026-09-25

Core

Principal Data Engineer leading the evolution of cloud-native data platforms and services for a digital retailer.

Role type

Principal Data Engineer (hands-on IC with technical leadership)

Builds

Cloud-native data platforms, scalable data architectures, and complex data engineering solutions.

Domain

Retail / Cloud Data Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Python, SQL, AWS cloud services, data modeling, CI/CD, data ingestion, change data capture (CDC), code reviews

Preferred skills

Java, Scala, Iceberg, Starburst, Teradata, HVR, data lakes, data warehouses, Lakehouse technologies

Technologies

Amazon S3, EKS, Lambda, SNS, EventBridge, IAM, Iceberg, Starburst, Teradata, HVR

Responsibilities

Designing scalable and secure data architectures, building and evolving cloud-native data platforms, leading investigations into complex production issues, setting engineering standards through code reviews, mentoring engineers, collaborating with Product and Architecture teams.

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with technical leadership

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