Principal Data Engineer

Salary: £85,000 - £95,000 per annum

Location: Manchester (Remote/Hybrid)

VIQU have partnered with a national organisation going through an exciting transformation in their data infrastructure and are hiring a Principal Data Engineer to lead the design of their platform within the Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The role will involve an even split of technical engineering, architecture and leadership/people management.

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• Experience as a lead or principal data engineer.
  
• Prior experience designing data platform(s) within GCP, working hands on with Airflow, BigQuery, DataFlow, DataFusion, and DataStream.
  
• Deep understanding of Data Mesh / decentralised design and Data Lake/Warehouse solutions.
  
• Previously led teams of data engineers.
  
• Hands‑on skills across the GCP tech stack, SQL and Python.
  
• Ability to lead cultural change across organisations, and manage senior stakeholders.
  
• Ability to work across multiple contexts and teams.
  

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• Lead the architecture, best practice and engineering strategy of data squads.
  
• Hands‑on data engineering work, utilising both Python and SQL.
  
• Mentor and lead teams of engineers, checking and reviewing code, and setting standards.
  
• Ensure all data platform processes—including ingestion, quality, transformation, security, batch management, monitoring, alerting, and cost control—are efficient.
  
• Design and help build the data platform—ensuring data is processed through semantic layers and can be modelled effectively.
  
• Suggest improvements for automation and cost savings.
  
• Lead changes across the organisation, adopting a decentralised design.
  

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