Principal Data Engineer

Hays; Taunton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Principal Data Engineer to join a collaborative team in Taunton. In this role, you will lead data engineering efforts, ensuring the efficient function of data services while mentoring junior members. You will work with cloud technologies and programming best practices to deliver scalable data solutions. If you have a strong background in data engineering and enjoy working in a team-oriented environment, apply now to take the next step in your career!

Qualifications

• Proven track record of delivering resilient and scalable data pipelines.
• Experience working with stakeholders to translate requirements.

Responsibilities

• Build and deliver data services with stakeholders.
• Ensure reliability and performance of data engineering pipelines.

Skills

Cloud Technologies

Programming

Data Modelling

Tools

SQL

Python

Job description

This range is provided by Hays. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

Your new role
As Principal Data Engineer, you'll join a collaborative and agile data engineering team where you'll take responsibility for all aspects of data engineering while working with peers to ensure the efficient and sustainable function of the team. You'll be working in a team that organises as generalists to encourage sharing of projects, knowledge, and technical skills. The team maintains a large codebase of cloud-deployed, serverless data pipelines written to high software engineering standards. Your responsibilities will include:

• Working with stakeholders and delivery managers to build and deliver data services
• Collaborating with peers to build and maintain effective data engineering capability
• Producing roadmaps and architecting data flows to contribute to engineering solutions
• Ensuring reliability and performance of data engineering pipelines
• Modelling and building data storage solutions for various data types
• Leading on code quality and documentation standards
• Sharing technical expertise with members of the data engineering team
• Providing line management and mentoring to junior team members, helping prioritise their workload

What you'll need to succeed

• Proven track record of successfully delivering multiple resilient and scalable data pipelines
• Experience working with stakeholders to understand and translate requirements
• Proficiency with cloud technologies such as AWS/Azure/GCP
• Excellent programming ability, ideally in Python, along with programming best practices
• Experience with tools and techniques such as SQL, various database types, data formats, and data modelling
• Demonstrable experience of pipeline logging, usage tracking, and cost monitoring
• Previous experience deploying analytical/machine learning tools for users
• Experience leading a team or multiple projects and supporting team members in workload prioritisation and development

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Temporary

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Data Infrastructure and Analytics

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