Principal Data Engineer

Experteer Overview In this role, you will be a hands-on Principal Data Engineer within the Data Enablement team, driving data transformation and setting engineering standards. You’ll lead architecture, design, and mentoring across multiple initiatives, partnering with senior peers to evolve a cloud-native data platform. You’ll influence technology choices, tackle complex production issues, and shape the roadmap for Very’s data capabilities. This is a hands-on leadership role with a clear impact on data strategy and platform performance. Pay / Benefits * Provide technical leadership across multiple teams and initiatives * Design scalable, resilient, and secure data architectures * Build and evolve cloud-native data platforms and services * Lead the design and implementation of complex data engineering solutions * Drive improvements in performance, scalability, reliability, and cost optimisation * Set engineering standards through code reviews, reusable patterns, and best practices * Support engineers through coaching, mentoring, and technical leadership * Collaborate with Product, Platform, and Architecture teams to align technical direction with business priorities * Lead investigations into complex production issues and drive long-term improvements * Identify technical risks and opportunities, helping to shape the future roadmap of the platform Tasks * Experience building and supporting production data solutions * Strong knowledge of AWS cloud services (S3, EKS, Lambda, SNS, EventBridge, IAM) * Strong coding skills in Python and SQL; Java or Scala beneficial * Experience with Iceberg, Starburst, Teradata, HVR or similar enterprise data platforms beneficial * Experience with data lakes, data warehouses, Lakehouse technologies, or enterprise data platforms * Solid understanding of data ingestion, CDC, data modelling, and analytics * Experience with version control, CI/CD, and modern engineering practices * Collaborative mindset and willingness to learn and improve the platform Key requirements * Flexible, hybrid working model * 1000 flexible benefits allowance * 30 days holiday + bank holidays * LinkedIn Learning access * Bonus potential (performance and business-related) * Up to 25% discount on Very.co.uk

• Support engineers through coaching, mentoring, and technical leadership * Collaborate with Product, Platform, and Architecture teams to align technical direction with business priorities * Lead investigations into complex production issues and drive long-term improvements * Identify technical risks and opportunities, helping to shape the future roadmap of the platform Tasks * Experience building and supporting production data solutions * Strong knowledge of AWS cloud services (S3, EKS, Lambda, SNS, EventBridge, IAM) * Strong coding skills in Python and SQL; Java or Scala beneficial * Experience with Iceberg, Starburst, Teradata, HVR or similar enterprise data platforms beneficial * Experience with data lakes, data warehouses, Lakehouse technologies, or enterprise data platforms * Solid understanding of data ingestion, CDC, data modelling, and analytics * Experience with version control, CI/CD, and modern engineering practices * Collaborative mindset and willingness to learn and improve the platform Key requirements * Flexible, hybrid working model * 1000 flexible benefits allowance * 30 days holiday + bank holidays * LinkedIn Learning access * Bonus potential (performance and business-related) * Up to 25% discount on Very.co.uk