CareerPlan

Principal Platform Engineer

Edinburgh, Scotland, GBFull-time2026-08-27 → 2026-11-10

Core

Design, build, and manage data infrastructure and analytics solutions to enable data-driven decision-making across the organization.

Role type

Senior IC data engineer (big data & analytics)

Builds

Scalable data pipelines, storage solutions (data lakes/warehouses), and ETL processes

Domain

Financial markets infrastructure and data

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python, Java, Scala, Databricks, SQL, Apache Spark, Apache Kafka, Presto, Azure, AWS, GCP, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, data modeling, ETL workflows

Preferred skills

Azure ML Studio, AWS SageMaker, real-time stream analytics, Clickhouse, Apache Druid, Apache Pinot

Technologies

Databricks, Apache Spark, Apache Kafka, Presto, Azure, AWS, GCP, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Power BI, Clickhouse, Apache Druid, Apache Pinot

Responsibilities

Design and optimize big data pipelines and architectures; Build scalable data storage solutions; Develop and maintain ETL processes; Conduct advanced data analysis and modeling; Ensure data quality, reliability, and security; Work with distributed computing frameworks

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC