Data Engineering Architect — Lead Cloud/Data Solutions

CreateFuture; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work options

Edinburgh office hub access

Job summary

CreateFuture in the United Kingdom seeks a Principal Data Engineer to lead the data practice across client engagements, shaping architecture and delivery.

You will mentor engineers, drive real-time data pipelines on cloud platforms, and collaborate from pre-sales to delivery to ensure scalable, high-quality outcomes.

Join a client-facing consultancy with hybrid/remote options and hubs in Edinburgh, Leeds, London and beyond, fostering a supportive culture and ongoing professional growth.

Qualifications

• Significant consultancy background with client-facing delivery.
• Strong ability to design data engineering architectures across multiple engagements.
• Experience translating complex requirements into scalable data solutions.

Responsibilities

• Define and own data engineering architecture patterns used across client engagements.
• Act as the most senior technical authority on engagements and set quality bar.
• Review designs from Lead/Senior engineers and guide implementation.
• Identify and adopt new tooling and cloud services to improve delivery outcomes.
• Lead large-scale data migrations with fidelity and continuity.
• Design real-time and near-real-time data pipelines for latency-sensitive clients.
• Enforce data integrity frameworks across domains, including reconciliation and audit trails.
• Oversee regulatory/compliance reporting pipelines where relevant.
• Collaborate with cloud providers and leverage platform services effectively.
• Mentor and grow engineers and contribute to hiring and Playbooks.

Skills

Python

SQL

Spark

Data architecture

Cloud platforms

Tools

dbt

Airflow

Terraform

Job description

CreateFuture in the United Kingdom seeks a Principal Data Engineer to lead the data practice across client engagements, shaping architecture and delivery.

You will mentor engineers, drive real-time data pipelines on cloud platforms, and collaborate from pre-sales to delivery to ensure scalable, high-quality outcomes.

Join a client-facing consultancy with hybrid/remote options and hubs in Edinburgh, Leeds, London and beyond, fostering a supportive culture and ongoing professional growth.