Principal Data Engineer / Architect

Client Server
Manchester
1 week ago
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Principal Data Engineer / Architect (Python) Remote UK to £120k


Are you a data centric technologist? You could be progressing your career in a senior, hands-on role at a scaling, global technical services company as they look to expand their product offerings with a new SaaS data analytics platform.


As a Principal Data Engineer / Architect you will head up the engineering for the new platform, building the PoC product from the ground up and in time creating a team around you. You'll be responsible for the architecture and design, building a highly scalable SaaS offering that is customer facing and compliant with SOC and ISO27001 standards. The application will ingest customer data from multiple sources and aggregate, manipulate, model and build calculations and transformations based on the customers' analytical requirements and make the information available on a presentation layer.


This is a high profile role where you'll collaborate closely with the founder and work directly with clients to understand their needs, you'll also be involved with recruiting and building a technical team around you.


WFH Policy:

Following a remote interview process you will join a diverse, global team working remotely from anywhere in the UK.


About you:

  • You have strong data engineering, architecture and design experience, having built a data platform from scratch
  • You have experience of working on a data platform within a SaaS environment
  • You have strong Python coding skills in the context of developing data pipelines and APIs
  • You have a strong knowledge of RESTful services, microservices architecture
  • You have strong database design and optimisation skills on PostgreSQL
  • You have experience of writing testable code and unit tests
  • You're proficient with PowerBI for data presentation, C# would also be useful but not essential
  • You have experience with public cloud services, AWS, GCP, Azure
  • You have excellent communication, client facing and stakeholder management abilities


What's in it for you:

  • Salary to £120k + bonus
  • Fully remote working in the UK
  • Health Insurance
  • Life assurance
  • 25 days holiday
  • Training and self-development budget
  • Impactful role with excellent career growth


Apply nowto find out more about this Principal Data Engineer / Architect opportunity.


At Client Server we believe in a diverse workplace that allows people to play to their strengths and continually learn. We're an equal opportunities employer whose people come from all walks of life and will never discriminate based on race, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. The clients we work with share our values.

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