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# Principal Data Engineer

- **Company:** 17918
- **Location:** Cleckheaton, UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Azure, Information Engineering, Data Governance, Data Security, Cloud Services, Datadog, Data Layers, Data Lineage, Integration Frameworks, Stream Processing
- **Published:** July 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.apply4u.co.uk/jobs/x/41476561/

## About the Role

WRK digital are thrilled to be partnered with Skipton Building Society again! ?? Location: Skipton, North Yorkshire (Hybrid 3 days per week) ?? Employment Type: Permanent ?? Status: Actively Hiring ?? Competitive Salary+ Excellent Benefits We are looking for a Principal Data Engineer at Skipton to define the tenets, patterns, and architectural expectations that guide how data is ingested, modelled, governed, and made available across the organisation. You will bring clarity to ambiguous data problems, balance speed with safety, and make decisions that raise the organisational bar. The Principal Data Engineer supports the Senior Data Engineering Leader and Product Owner in the decision making and execution of the team responsibilities in an Azure Environment. Key Criteria: Strong knowledge of: Cloud-native data platforms (e.g., lakehouse, warehouse, streaming systems) Modelling approaches (medallion, dimensional, event-driven, semantic layers) Data governance frameworks and metadata
tooling Data lineage, cataloguing, discovery, and documentation Data quality and observability tooling Data access/security patterns Skilled in standardisationcreating reusable data frameworks, templates, modules. People leadership including performance management, wellbeing, and both personal and professional development Delivered measurable improvements in data quality, data availability, pipeline reliability, or delivery speed. Experience partnering with governance, cyber, environments, and QE to enable safe, observable, governed data change For a confidential conversation about the role, please DM, comment below, or apply via the job ad in the comments for immediate consideration. Unfortunately this role does not offer sponsorship at this time. TPBN1_UKTJ



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