Principal Data Engineer: Lead Data Platform & Analytics
Summary
A Principal Data Engineer role in the Ancoats area of Manchester: own and operate the data platform for a small data team, hands-on building ingestion, orchestration, and a BigQuery warehouse with dbt on GCP, while leading data strategy and partnering with Engineering and AI/Data Science.
Chroma Recruitment in the Manchester area seeks a Principal Data Engineer to own and operate data platforms, combining hands-on coding with leadership for a small data team. You will build and maintain ingestion, orchestration, a BigQuery warehouse, and dbt tooling on GCP, while ensuring secure, well-documented, testable production systems.
You will partner with Engineering and AI/Data Science to turn business needs into a realistic plan, set freshness targets, and guide the data strategy with