Principal Data Engineer (GCP)

VIQU Ltd; Walton-le-Dale; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Referral bonus up to £1,000

Job summary

VIQU Ltd. is seeking a Principal Data Engineer (GCP) to join a leading social enterprise that reinvests profits to create thriving, sustainable communities.

The role focuses on technical leadership, platform design and mentoring engineers within a Google Cloud environment. Based in the Northwest with hybrid working, you will shape data engineering capability, drive data pipelines, data governance and CI/CD adoption across the cloud data platform.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in data engineering in lead/principal role.
• Strong background in a cloud-native data platform.
• Hands-on with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) preferred; AWS/Azure acceptable.
• Experience with Terraform, Docker and dbt.
• Strong SQL and Python skills.
• Experience with Data Lake/Warehouse solutions.
• Knowledge of Data Governance, lineage and PII.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum and SDLC.
• Willingness to undergo a DBS check.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership, coaching and mentoring to data engineers.
• Define how data engineering projects are approached, delivered and governed.
• Work closely with architects to design and evolve the cloud data platform.
• Ensure robust, scalable and compliant data pipelines across the platform.
• Lead best practices around data ingestion, transformation, quality, security and monitoring.
• Drive automation, CI/CD adoption and continuous improvement.
• Challenge technical decisions and raise engineering standards across the team.

Skills

Cloud data engineering

Leadership

Agile/Scrum

SDLC

Tools

Terraform

Docker

dbt

Job description

Principal Data Engineer (GCP)

Northwest - Hybrid
Up to £100,000

VIQU are seeking a Principal Data Engineer to join a leading social enterprise that reinvests profits to create thriving, sustainable communities. Following a full transition to a 100% cloud-based data platform, the Principal Data Engineer will play a key part in shaping and leading the organisation's data engineering capability, with a strong focus on technical leadership, platform design and mentoring engineers within a Google Cloud environment.

Key Responsibilities of the Principal Data Engineer:

• Provide technical leadership, coaching and mentoring to data engineers
• Define how data engineering projects are approached, delivered and governed
• Work closely with architects to design and evolve the cloud data platform
• Ensure robust, scalable and compliant data pipelines across the platform
• Lead best practices around data ingestion, transformation, quality, security and monitoring
• Drive automation, CI/CD adoption and continuous improvement
• Challenge technical decisions and raise engineering standards across the team

Key Requirements of the Principal Data Engineer:

• Extensive experience in Data Engineering, with time spent in a Lead or Principal role
• Strong background working in a cloud-native data platform
• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform is highly preferred, with consideration for AWS or Azure alongside some GCP
• Experience with Terraform, Docker and dbt
• Strong expertise in Data Lake/Data Warehouse solutions
• Advanced SQL and Python skills
• Proven experience optimising complex queries
• Strong understanding of Data Governance, including lineage, data legislation and PII
• Experience working within Agile/Scrum and the SDLC
• Willingness to undergo a DBS check

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Principal Data Engineer (GCP)

Northwest - Hybrid
Up to £100,000