Principal Data Engineer

We are seeking an experienced Principal Data Engineer to define, lead, and scale the technical strategy of our data platform. This is a senior, hands-on leadership role at the intersection of architecture, governance, and engineering excellence, where you will shape how data is collected, processed, and delivered across the organisation. You will own the end-to-end quality, performance, and scalability of our data systems — from raw ingestion through to trusted datasets powering business-critical analytics and reporting. This includes setting standard sand influencing the strategic roadmap for data infrastructure. Our stack is built on both AWS and Azure, using Databricks across data domains and you will lead the evolution of this ecosystem to meet future business needs. You’ll ensure that data is secure, compliant, discoverable, and business-ready, enabling analysts, data scientists, and stakeholders to make confident, data-driven decisions. This role is ideal for a highly technical leader who thrives at both the strategic and execution levels: someone equally comfortable defining architecture with executives, mentoring senior engineers, and optimising distributed pipelines at scale.