Simple Machines

Information Technology and Services

PrincipalDataEngineer

London, United Kingdom; Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom FULL TIME
The Brief

“Principal Data Engineer at Simple Machines. Skills: Data Engineering, AI, Databricks, Snowflake, AWS, GCP, Spark. technical direction. platform design”

What You'll Achieve.

deliver real outcomes; move the needle; engineer data to life™; consumer-oriented data access; perform in production; deliver real outcomes

Industry & Context.

Information Technology and Services
Problems you'll solve

solving hard data problems; pragmatic engineering decisions

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Python, SQL, Spark, Databricks, Snowflake, AWS, GCP, Infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD pipelines, Data testing and quality frameworks

Nice to Have

PhD, Terraform, Pulumi, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Great Expectations, Soda

What You'll Do.

architectural decision-making

design and build greenfield data platforms

end-to-end architecture of modern

cloud-native data platforms

scalable data ecosystems

architectural decisions across ingestion

and production-grade platforms

cloud-native data platforms

integrate deeply with client systems

build and optimise batch and real-time pipelines

work with streaming and event-driven tech

orchestrate workflows

process and transform large datasets

design systems that perform in production

work across relational

and analytical stores

optimise storage formats and access patterns

compliant data solutions

understand problems and shape solutions

translate business needs into pragmatic engineering decisions

set engineering standards

review designs and code

raise the bar on data quality

and operational excellence

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

work in small, high-calibre teams; operate close to both the problem and the client; set engineering standards, patterns, and best practices across teams; review designs and code, providing clear technical direction and mentorship

Communication Scope

consult clients; understand problems; shape solutions; translate business needs; act as a trusted technical advisor; mentoring senior engineers; influencing technical culture

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