Principal Data Engineer
Core
Architecting a modern, cloud-first data platform to drive data democratisation, governance maturity, and AI-readiness across the firm.
Role type
Principal Data Engineer (Build & Lead)
Builds
Scalable, secure data lake and lakehouse solutions supporting real-time insight, advanced analytics, and AI/ML at enterprise scale.
Domain
Enterprise Cloud Data Engineering & Governance
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Azure Data Lake, Databricks, Delta Lake, PySpark, SQL, Apache Spark, Azure Data Factory, Airflow, dbt, Collibra, team leadership, engineering strategy
Preferred skills
Modern data stack familiarity, CI/CD, streaming frameworks
Technologies
Azure, Databricks, Delta Lake, Collibra, dbt, Airflow, Git
Responsibilities
Design and maintain scalable data lake/lakehouse solutions; Develop and optimise batch and streaming ETL/ELT pipelines; Implement data cataloguing, lineage tracking and governance frameworks; Lead, coach, and develop the Data Engineering team; Define engineering strategy and build collaborative culture; Monitor and tune data jobs for performance, scalability, and cost.