Principal Data Engineer - new job in London, UK

Principal Data Engineer-

My client. a leading online fashion platform, are seeking a Principal Data Engineer to join their growing business in London.

You will offer support to Big Data Engineering teams and be responsible for the Big Data Engineering capabilities across the business. You will be aligned primarily to the AI team and work closely with data and machine learning scientists, product managers, architects, big data and machine learning engineers, and senior leadership to deliver and support state-of-the-art, Azure-based data infrastructure and ETL pipelines supporting ML & Data Science initiatives.

You contribute to the overall data strategy and drive strategic big data initiatives, working closely with the platform and data product teams to refine their existing development practices, processes, and technologies, as well as explore new ones.

Key skills required include -

• Strong Big Data Engineering experience with a depth of practical knowledge in guiding Big Data engineering teams through the full delivery lifecycle. You are passionate about mentoring and developing others and have a breadth of exposure to data engineering and architecture. Experience of transitioning an organisation to a data mesh operating model would be valuable.
• Big data tech
• Cloud experience - Azure, AWS or GCP
• You have many years of professional experience in distributed data processing using industry standard big data frameworks, storage, data orchestration and data streaming technologies within a cloud environment.
• Programming skills in python or scala
• You take pride in being considered a 'go-to' technical authority with deep knowledge and skills. You are happy to help teams and team members to deliver great software, whether through general advice and guidance, hands-on coaching, working through technical designs or as a point of escalation if required.
• ETL
• CICD pipelines
• Databricks experience

If this sounds like a good fit for you, please click through to apply!

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