Principal Data Engineer

Principal Data Engineer We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Data Engineer to join our team. This is a hybrid role, with requirements to work from either our Manchester, Stoke or Peterborough office twice a week.

Role Purpose The Principal Data Engineer is the senior technical authority for the Databricks Lakehouse platform, responsible for defining engineering standards, architecture, and best practices across the enterprise data ecosystem.

The role leads the design and delivery of scalable, secure, high-performing data products using Databricks, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog and Azure Data Services The role provides technical leadership, ensuring solutions are robust, cost-effective, highly available, and aligned to business strategy and operational resilience requirements.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities Being the primary technical contact on data for all new projects, designing the detailed data solution and ensuring that requirements are understood and achievable. Design scalable Medallion Architecture solutions (Bronze, Silver, Gold).

Ensure data governance, lineage, security, and compliance requirements are embedded within all solutions. Provide technical leadership across multiple squads. Driving continuous improvement through defining and redefining processes within the team, increased automation and providing detailed technical roadmaps of how to achieve our target state.

Coaching and mentoring other members of the team in technical, delivery and behavioural areas, as well as being the primary escalation point for technical issues and decisions. Be the technical contact with vendors and data source supplier to ensure data roadmap is aligned.

Closely working with stakeholders to ensure they are meeting our needs and delivering to required standards. Taking Lead on data product design and development and be the technical expert in all data engineering toolset.

A heavy focus on resilience, availability and recovery to provide a solid platform that meets Operational Resilience needs for all our systems. Proactive technical resource management including availability, capacity, performance and operability.

Be able to deliver robust data products end to end from requirement gathering to release within time and budget. Create clear documentation for the data solution. Communicate well with stakeholder and non-technical team.

To ensure all codes are written are in high standard and perform well. Provide technical training and mentor data engineers and support their personal technical development. To ensure data dictionaries and models are robust and maintained on a regular basis. Technical Skill

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