Principal Data Engineer (GCP)

VIQU Ltd

2 days ago

Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Working hours

Regular working hours

Languages

English

Experience level

Senior

Compensation

£ 100K

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Azure

Continuous Integration

Information Engineering

Data Governance

Data Warehousing

Python

Scrum

Systems Development Life Cycle

SQL Databases

Google Cloud Platform

Data Ingestion

Data Lake

Terraform

Data Pipelines

Docker

Provide technical leadership, coaching and mentoring to data engineers
Define how data engineering projects are approached, delivered and governed
Work closely with architects to design and evolve the cloud data platform
Ensure robust, scalable and compliant data pipelines across the platform
Lead best practices around data ingestion, transformation, quality, security and monitoring
Drive automation, CI/CD adoption and continuous improvement
Challenge technical decisions and raise engineering standards across the team

Extensive experience in Data Engineering, with time spent in a Lead or Principal role
Strong background working in a cloud-native data platform
Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform is highly preferred, with consideration for AWS or Azure alongside some GCP
Experience with Terraform, Docker and dbt
Strong expertise in Data Lake/Data Warehouse solutions
Advanced SQL and Python skills
Proven experience optimising complex queries
Strong understanding of Data Governance, including lineage, data legislation and PII
Experience working within Agile/Scrum and the SDLC
Willingness to undergo a DBS check