GCP Data Platform Architect & Lead Engineer

Places for People; Saffron Walden; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Places for People seeks a Principal Data Engineer to lead data processing on the cloud data platform, ensuring robust, compliant, and cost-controlled data flows from ingestion through to semantic layers. The role includes coaching engineers, defining standards, and shaping data mesh strategies in collaboration with platform and domain teams.

You will advance data quality, security, monitoring, and cross-team interoperability while influencing architectural decisions and strategic direction

Qualifications

• Solid understanding of Google Cloud Platform and data platform design.

Responsibilities

• Lead data processes on the data platform across ingestion, quality, transformation, security and cost control.
• Design and build data mesh concepts including data modelling and semantic layers.
• Coach and mentor data engineers; set coding standards and best practices; document data integrity checks.
• Collaborate with data platform engineers and domain architects to ensure robust, scalable solutions.

Skills

Technical leadership across product

Architecture and design

Mentorship and capability building

Cross domain interoperability

Governance and compliance enablement

Innovation and strategic influence

Tools

Google Cloud Platform

Job description

Places for People seeks a Principal Data Engineer to lead data processing on the cloud data platform, ensuring robust, compliant, and cost-controlled data flows from ingestion through to semantic layers. The role includes coaching engineers, defining standards, and shaping data mesh strategies in collaboration with platform and domain teams.

You will advance data quality, security, monitoring, and cross-team interoperability while influencing architectural decisions and strategic direction