Staff/Principal Data Engineer - up to £220k - Stealth Start up

Oliver Bernard; Greater London; On-site; GBP 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Oliver Bernard is partnering with a London stealth start-up to fill a Staff / Principal role shaping architecture and setting technical direction while remaining hands-on. You’ll own the data infrastructure, design scalable platforms from the ground up, and tackle scale, security, and cost challenges. London-based with 2 days onsite. You’ll influence engineers across Data, Platform, Software and AI and stay close to production systems.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to own complex, production-grade systems end-to-end.
• Experience shaping architecture across multiple data and software platforms.
• Excellent technical judgement and strong architectural instincts.
• Ability to lead major technical initiatives as an individual contributor.
• AI/ML experience is a bonus, not required.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical direction of core data infrastructure.
• Design and build scalable data platforms from the ground up.
• Solve complex problems around scale, reliability, security & cost.
• Influence engineers and raise the technical bar.
• Stay hands-on with code and production systems.
• Work across Data, Platform, Software & AI.

Skills

Deep Software & Data Engineering

End-to-end production systems

Architecture across systems

Technical judgement & architectural

Lead technical initiatives as IC

AI/ML experience (bonus)

Job description

Oliver Bernard are currently partnered with one of the most exciting stealth start-ups in London, building the infrastructure behind the next generation of AI.

This is a genuine Staff / Principal opportunity for someone who wants to shape architecture, set technical direction and remain deeply hands-on.

You’ll be joining early to:

• Own the technical direction of core data infrastructure
• Design and build scalable data platforms from the ground up
• Solve complex problems around scale, reliability, security & cost
• Influence engineers and raise the technical bar
• Stay hands-on with code and production systems
• Work across Data, Platform, Software & AI

You could be a great fit if you have:

• Deep Software & Data Engineering fundamentals
• A track record owning complex production systems end-to-end
• Experience shaping architecture across multiple systems
• Excellent technical judgement and architectural instincts
• Experience leading major technical initiatives as an IC
• AI/ML experience is a bonus, not essential

London | 2 days onsite

Shape the data foundation behind the next generation of AI.