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# Principal Architect - Data

- **Company:** Zencore
- **Location:** London, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Airflow, Data Analysis, Big Data, BigQuery, Cloud Computing, Data Architecture, Information Engineering, Data Governance, Dataspaces, Python (Programming Language), Google Cloud, Cloud Platform System, Sql Optimization, Kubernetes, Data Management
- **Published:** September 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.workingnomads.com/job/go/1866361/

## About the Role

* Deep experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale data architectures in complex cloud environments.
 * Strong hands-on experience with the Google Cloud data ecosystem, particularly BigQuery.
 * Advanced SQL skills and strong experience with Python.
 * Strong experience with modern data engineering and orchestration technologies such as dbt, Airflow / Cloud Composer, and related tools.
 * Experience designing scalable data platforms, pipelines, data models, and integration patterns.
 * Strong understanding of data governance, security, quality, lineage, and observability.
 * Ability to translate complex business and data requirements into a clear technical vision, architecture, and delivery roadmap.
 * Ability to move comfortably between high-level architectural thinking and hands-on technical execution.
 * Strong software engineering fundamentals and understanding of development best practices.
 * Experience leading large-scale data modernization and transformation initiatives.
 * Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence both engineering teams and senior client stakeholders.
 * Experience in professional services, consulting, or cloud partner environments is highly desirable.
 * Strong communication skills and the ability to explain complex technical decisions clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

## Description

We are looking for a Principal Architect, Data to provide senior technical leadership across our Data practice and client engagements.

This is a highly technical, client-facing role for someone who can move comfortably between enterprise data architecture, hands-on technical execution, and strategic conversations with customers.

At Zencore, Principal Architects are senior technical leaders and the external face of our engineering expertise. They own the end-to-end technical direction and successful technical delivery of complex engagements, while helping define the standards, patterns, and capabilities that allow our engineering organization to scale., * Act as the senior technical referent for complex Data engagements, owning key architecture decisions and ensuring successful technical delivery.

 * Work directly with clients to understand their business requirements, data landscape, and technical challenges, translating them into scalable solutions on Google Cloud.
 * Define architectures across data platforms, pipelines, modeling, integration, governance, security, and scalability.
 * Remain a hands-on technical practitioner, supporting engineering teams with complex implementation challenges and unblocking delivery when needed.
 * Develop estimates around the skills, resources, and timelines required to deliver Zencore engagements and translate these into clear technical proposals.
 * Partner closely with Data Engineers, Cloud Architects, and AI/ML teams to design solutions that connect Zencore's Cloud, Data, and AI capabilities.
 * Help establish and evolve architectural standards, reusable patterns, and engineering best practices across the Data practice.
 * Mentor and enable engineers and architects, helping raise the technical bar across the organization.
 * Support solutioning and pre-sales conversations when deep Data expertise is required, helping customers understand both the technical approach and business value of the proposed solution