Principal Data Engineer

As the UK's leading Social Enterprise, we move lives   forward   every day by building,   managing   and supporting thriving Communities.
From new homes, social housing and student accommodation to leisure, education and Community initiatives, our work makes a positive difference to millions of People across the UK.
And that takes People who care about doing the right thing. People who are ambitious, ready to grow and motivated to make a difference through the work they do.
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Colleagues who bring energy,?  curiosity  ?and ownership. People who enjoy being challenged, support those around them and want to keep raising the bar. Because when we perform at our best, we create more opportunities to invest in our Customers, our?  Communities  ?and each other.
Experience matters, but?  it's  ?only part of the story. If you share our values and want to build a career where your work has real impact,?  we'd  ?love to hear from you.
So, what are you waiting for? Join a Community that cares about you!
More about PfP
Many organisations offer interesting work. Few offer the opportunity to improve lives  Places for People, we're creating thriving communities, providing homes, support, and opportunities that help people live healthier, happier, and more successful lives. For those who want their work to deliver meaningful impact beyond commercial outcomes, this is a chance to combine professional excellence with genuine social purpose.
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     and      build and manage the infrastructure to do all this work.
Data Engineering are transforming   the way   PfP   consumes data  . H  aving transitioned  from On Premise to   Google Cloud   we are   in the process of   building   a   leading-edge   Data Mesh platform  .
T  his is an exciting time to join   a growing business function  , with the opportunity to   make your mark   in the   architecture of the   platform and the development of the data engineering function  .
More about your?role?
The Principal Data Engineer is a senior technical leader who drives the engineering strategy, architecture, and best practices across product domain squads. This role is pivotal in enabling decentralised data ownership while ensuring consistency, scalability, and interoperability across the data mesh.

Key responsibilities include:

Technical leadership across product domains
Architecture and design
Mentorship and capability building
Cross domain interoperability
Governance and compliance enablement
Innovation and strategic influence
With a solid understanding of Google Cloud Platform, the Principal Data Engineer is responsible for the ensuring that the design and build of all data processes on the data platform are robust, performant, and compliant. This includes, data ingestion, data quality / integrity, transformation, security and encryption, batch management, monitoring, alerting and cost control.
In addition to leading data processing the Principal Data Engineer will help design and build the Data Mesh including data modelling and the processing of data from raw through the semantic layers.
The Principal Data Engineer will identify opportunities for automation and process 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 engineering collaboration across the team.
The Principal Data Engineer will work hand in glove with the Principal Data Platform Engineer and the Data Domain Architect to ensure that the data platform and 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   cloud data engineering background   with deep   expertise   in distributed systems, cloud   platforms   and modern data stacks. You will have a strong understanding of domain driven design, data   mesh   and product thinking.
You will be an excellent communicator and collaborator across technical teams.
Having work  ed   on multiple projects with  in the cloud you   have hands on   experience in   many of the   tools and technologies   on offer, and  …