Senior Data Engineer & Cloud Platform Architect

Sky UK Limited; Livingston; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free Sky TV or NOW package

Pension up to 9% employer contribution

Private healthcare

Dental insurance

Sky VIP rewards

Job summary

Sky UK Limited in Livingston is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead data engineering initiatives across cloud platforms, mentoring teams and shaping architecture for future‑ready data solutions.

You will drive standards, collaborate with data and technology colleagues, and help define roadmaps while delivering scalable, secure data products with strong performance. This hybrid role anchors your work in Livingston, UK.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in cloud data engineering and enterprise-scale data architecture.
• Proficiency in GCP/AWS/Azure and Python/Node.js.
• Experience with CI/CD and Jenkins.
• Strong SQL skills, preferably BigQuery.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and lead cross-functional teams.
• Excellent communication with business context.

Responsibilities

• Act as technical mentorship for engineers in an agile environment.
• Define and guide technical architecture for complex data products.
• Establish engineering and architectural patterns and standards.
• Translate business requirements into scalable, cloud-native data solutions.
• Embed validation, profiling, and automated testing in engineering work.
• Partner with architects and senior stakeholders to shape roadmaps.

Skills

Cloud data engineering

Distributed processing

Data architecture

Python

Node.js

CI/CD (Jenkins)

BigQuery SQL

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

Jenkins

Job description

Sky UK Limited in Livingston is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead data engineering initiatives across cloud platforms, mentoring teams and shaping architecture for future‑ready data solutions.

You will drive standards, collaborate with data and technology colleagues, and help define roadmaps while delivering scalable, secure data products with strong performance. This hybrid role anchors your work in Livingston, UK.