Principal Backend Engineer - AI-Driven Data Platform

Publicis Groupe ANZ; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Life Assurance

Private Medical Cover

Reflection Days

Shared Parental Leave

Job summary

Publicis Groupe ANZ is seeking a Principal Backend Engineer in Greater London. This hands-on role involves overseeing the backend and data architecture of OneSuite, focusing on API design and data quality governance. Candidates should have extensive experience in Python and AWS serverless infrastructure, alongside strong technical leadership skills. Publicis offers a good benefits package including pension, life assurance, and private medical cover, within a flexible working environment.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in senior backend or data platform roles, with principal-level ownership.
• Proven technical leadership through mentoring and architecture decisions.
• Deep understanding of multi-tenant SaaS design, authN/authZ, and operational security.

Responsibilities

• Own backend and data architecture across pipelines and platform APIs.
• Lead the evolution of Databricks medallion pipelines.
• Improve data quality and governance for consumer-facing data.

Skills

Expert Python backend engineering

Strong SQL

Hands-on Databricks / PySpark experience

Strong AWS serverless background

Multi-tenant SaaS design

Technical leadership

Tools

AWS Lambda

API Gateway

CloudFormation/SAM

Job description

Publicis Groupe ANZ is seeking a Principal Backend Engineer in Greater London. This hands-on role involves overseeing the backend and data architecture of OneSuite, focusing on API design and data quality governance. Candidates should have extensive experience in Python and AWS serverless infrastructure, alongside strong technical leadership skills. Publicis offers a good benefits package including pension, life assurance, and private medical cover, within a flexible working environment.