Principal Data Engineer

Trust In SODA; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Trust In SODA, in partnership with a large multinational client, is seeking a Principal Data Engineer in Greater London to lead the hands-on design and delivery of data pipelines powering AI, analytics, and automation. You will shape data architecture, drive quality, and mentor a team of engineers across structured and unstructured datasets.

The role focuses on building scalable SaaS data products, collaborating with GenAI use cases, and raising the technical bar through hands-on leadership in a

Qualifications

• Must have built products for SaaS companies
• Strong background in structured & unstructured data engineering
• Principal-level impact through delivery and mentorship

Responsibilities

• Build & operate scalable pipelines for structured/unstructured data
• Drive metadata & data quality for AI-ready, traceable datasets
• Partner with AI engineers & architects on GenAI use cases
• Set the technical bar and mentor engineers

Skills

SaaS data engineering

Mentorship & leadership

Data pipelines

Tools

Databricks

AWS

Job description

We've partnered with the innovation sector of a large multinational business who are looking for a Principal Data Engineer with experience building products for SaaS companies at large scale.

They will lead the hands-on build of data pipelines powering my clients AI, analytics, and automation capabilities.

Day to Day:

• Build & operate scalable pipelines for structured/unstructured data
• Drive metadata & data quality for AI-ready, traceable datasets
• Partner with AI engineers & architects on GenAI use cases
• Set the technical bar and mentor engineers

Requirements:

• Must have built products for SaaS companies, not just internal dashboards
• Strong background in structured & unstructured data engineering
• Principal-level technical impact - through delivery and mentorship, not management

Nice to have: GenAI/NLP, Databricks/AWS, regulated (GxP) data experience.