Principal Data Engineer - Cloud Data Architecture Lead

CreateFuture; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Hybrid/Remote options

Office hubs (Edinburgh, Leeds, etc.)

Job summary

CreateFuture is seeking a Principal Data Engineer in the UK to lead our Data Practice, shaping engineering direction for diverse client engagements across multiple industries. You will drive architecture decisions, mentor engineers, and collaborate with cloud providers while maintaining a strong delivery focus.

You will work in a hybrid setup with flexible working options and contribute to building reusable patterns and playbooks to accelerate value for clients and colleagues alike.

Qualifications

• Extensive consultancy or client-facing delivery experience.
• Ability to shape architecture and drive design decisions across engagements.
• Strong Python, SQL, Spark skills for production data pipelines.
• Experience with cloud data platforms; AWS strongly preferred.
• Leadership experience at Principal level with cross-team impact.

Responsibilities

• Define data engineering architecture patterns used across client engagements.
• Lead large-scale data migrations to cloud platforms with minimal data loss.
• Architect real-time and near-real-time data pipelines for latency-sensitive use cases.
• Mentor Lead and Senior Data Engineers and contribute to hiring.
• Collaborate with cloud providers on joint go-to-market activities where relevant.

Skills

Consulting experience

Data engineering

Python

SQL

Spark

dbt

Airflow

Terraform

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

AWS

Terraform

dbt

Airflow

Job description

CreateFuture is seeking a Principal Data Engineer in the UK to lead our Data Practice, shaping engineering direction for diverse client engagements across multiple industries. You will drive architecture decisions, mentor engineers, and collaborate with cloud providers while maintaining a strong delivery focus.

You will work in a hybrid setup with flexible working options and contribute to building reusable patterns and playbooks to accelerate value for clients and colleagues alike.