Senior Data Engineer & Tech Lead — Cloud Data Platforms

SKY; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free Sky TV or NOW package

Pension package with up to 9% employer

Private healthcare with mental health

Aviva Digital GP and dental insurance

Discounts on Sky products

Sharesave and Tech schemes

Sky VIP rewards

Job summary

Sky is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead data engineering initiatives, shaping cloud-native data platforms and architecture. You will partner with Solution Architects, advance engineering maturity, and set standards across multiple squads.

You will drive design of scalable data models, CI/CD pipelines, and AI-ready capabilities, while aligning with Sky’s data strategy and business goals. Hybrid work, Osterley campus, and global impact.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in cloud data engineering, distributed processing, and enterprise-scale data architecture.
• Excellent GCP/Python and/or Node JS knowledge, and CI/CD experience (Jenkins).
• Master-level SQL proficiency with BigQuery, performance tuning, and peer code reviews.
• Design scalable data models and semantic layers aligned to business meaning; data profiling and anomaly detection.

Responsibilities

• Act as technical lead for engineers in an agile environment; uplift capability and engineering maturity.
• Define and guide technical architecture for complex data products and platforms; bridge Data Engineering and Data Architecture.
• Establish engineering standards, patterns, and best practices across squads.

Skills

Cloud data engineering

Distributed processing

GCP

Python/NodeJS

CI/CD

Jenkins

SQL

BigQuery

Data modelling

Data profiling

Anomaly detection

Statistical reasoning

Stakeholder collaboration

Data quality

Data governance

Security handling

Communication skills

Job description

Sky is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead data engineering initiatives, shaping cloud-native data platforms and architecture. You will partner with Solution Architects, advance engineering maturity, and set standards across multiple squads.

You will drive design of scalable data models, CI/CD pipelines, and AI-ready capabilities, while aligning with Sky’s data strategy and business goals. Hybrid work, Osterley campus, and global impact.