Principal Data Engineer

Scaletek; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

35 days holiday

7% pension

Job summary

Scaletek in the United Kingdom is seeking a Principal Data Engineer to provide technical leadership across data product teams, defining architecture, standards, and best practices for a scalable, secure data platform. The role focuses on cloud-native data platforms, distributed systems, and modern data architectures.

You will help shape a data mesh approach and collaborate to ensure performance and security while working mainly remotely with occasional visits to offices in the North of England.

Qualifications

• Experience leading data engineering teams and delivering platform-scale data solutions.
• Strong knowledge of cloud-native data platforms and modern data architectures.
• Proven track record in designing scalable, secure data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across data product teams.
• Define architecture, engineering standards, and best practices.
• Ensure the data platform remains scalable, secure, and high-performing.

Skills

Leadership

Cloud-native data platforms

Distributed systems

Data Mesh

Job description

Principal Data Engineer position available for a tech-for-good business, who are a major player in the industry they operate within. The business have recently migrated from on-premises infrastructure to GCP and are now building a modern Data Mesh architecture that enables scalable, domain-driven data ownership.

This Principal Data Engineer position will see you providing technical leadership across data product teams, defining architecture, engineering standards, and best practices while ensuring that the platform remains scalable, secure, and high-performing.

To be considered for this Principal Data Engineer position, you'll be an experienced data engineering leader with strong expertise in cloud-native data platforms, distributed systems, and modern data architectures.

This Principal Data Engineer position is paying a salary of up to £100,000 + 35 days holiday & 7% pension. The role will be mainly remote with an average of 2 days per month spent at one of the offices across the North of England. No sponsorship is offered for this position and you must be based in the UK.