Principal Data Engineer - Lead Data Flows & Analytics

UK Dementia Research Institute; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

41 days holiday

Relocation assistance

On-site gym

Pension CARE

Cycle to work scheme

Staff support services

Job summary

University College London (UCL) ISD is seeking a Principal Data Engineer to lead data enabling/transformation initiatives, designing and implementing data flows to connect operational systems with analytics and BI. The role works closely with platform owners and senior stakeholders to deliver scalable data solutions across the university.

You will bring deep experience in data integration, on-premise and cloud environments (FiveTran, AWS, Azure), data modelling, and governance.

Qualifications

• Experience leading Data Enabling/Transformation teams in matrix agile environments.
• Experience implementing data integration and transformations—on‑premise and cloud.
• Knowledge of data modelling and re-use across services/products.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of data flows and integrations.
• Collaborate with Platform Owner and senior stakeholders to deliver data solutions.
• Support data governance, quality and security across data platforms.

Skills

Data engineering

Data integration

Cloud platforms

Agile

Stakeholder management

DevOps CI/CD

Analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Tools

FiveTran

AWS

Azure

Fabric

Copilot Studio

API integration

DevOps tooling

Job description

University College London (UCL) ISD is seeking a Principal Data Engineer to lead data enabling/transformation initiatives, designing and implementing data flows to connect operational systems with analytics and BI. The role works closely with platform owners and senior stakeholders to deliver scalable data solutions across the university.

You will bring deep experience in data integration, on-premise and cloud environments (FiveTran, AWS, Azure), data modelling, and governance.