Overview
Principal Data Engineer Jobs in Milton Keynes – England – UK at Places for People
Title: Principal Data Engineer
Company: Places for People
Location: Milton Keynes – England – UK
Category: IT/Tech, Software Development
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More about the team
The Data and Platform Engineering team are the foundation for the Data Office function. Responsible for designing, building, and maintaining PfP’s data platform we extract data from source, transform it into a usable format, load it into consumer models and marts
andbuild and manage the infrastructure to do all this work.
Data Engineering are transforming the way PfP consumes data, transitioning from On Premise to Google Cloud. This is anexcitingtime to join a growing business function and gainhands on experienceworking with market leading technology such as BIG Query, Looker, Data Flow, and more.
More about your role
The Principal Data Engineer role is a leading role in the Data Engineering function reporting directly to the Head of Data & Platform Engineering.
With a solid understanding of Google Cloud Platform, the Principal Data Engineer is responsible for the ensuring that the design and build of all productionised data processes on the data platform are robust, performant and compliant. This includes, data ingestion, data quality / integrity, data modelling and warehousing, transformation, security and encryption, monitoring tools, batch management and more.
The Principal Data Engineer will identify opportunities for automation andprocess improvement, coach and mentor data engineers, set coding standards and best practices, implement and document data integrity and quality checks, optimise queries, and facilitate data engineeringcollaborationacross the team.
The Principal Data Engineer will work hand in glove with the Principal Cloud Engineer and the Data Architect to ensure that data pipeline design is optimised and reliable within Google Cloud Platform, documenting the approach and explaining the solution to engineers and non-technical business users.
More about you
You will have an extensive ETL / ELT background developing data pipelines, optimising queries, and enhancing overall database performance.
You will have excellentproblem-solving skills, a rigorous approach to code checks / peer reviews and have the strength of character to drive high standards in the team.
You will have had a leading role in a Data Engineering function with responsibility for the directing the efforts of other data engineers though the design, build and deployment of complex data solutions.
You will be self-motivated with excellentleadershipqualities, capable of drivinginnovationand mentoring data engineers.
Experience & Skills
7+ years Data Engineering
1+ years in a Lead / Principal Engineer role
Extensive experience with SQL and Data Lake / Warehouse solutions
Strong proficiency in languages such as SQL, Python, Java or Scala
In-depth knowledge of queryoptimizationtec…
