https://jobs.co.uk/job/principal-data-engineer-gcp-viqu-it-recruitment--a68f01a9-fd81-4f34-a95f-d6f0c2e6af6f RSS feed for Principal Data Engineer (GCP) at VIQU IT Recruitment. en-gb Sat, 29 Aug 2026 19:04:06 GMT https://jobs.co.uk/job/principal-data-engineer-gcp-viqu-it-recruitment--a68f01a9-fd81-4f34-a95f-d6f0c2e6af6f https://jobs.co.uk/job/principal-data-engineer-gcp-viqu-it-recruitment--a68f01a9-fd81-4f34-a95f-d6f0c2e6af6f Sat, 29 Aug 2026 11:53:16 GMT Location: Preston | Salary: 100000.00-100000.00 Annual | Type: Permanent | Principal Data Engineer (GCP) Northwest - HybridUp to £100,000 VIQU are seeking a Principal Data Engineer to join a leading social enterprise that reinvests profits to create thriving, sustainable communities. Following a full transition to a 100% cloud-based data platform, the Principal Data Engineer will play a key part in shaping and leading the organisation''s data engineering capability, with a strong focus on technical leadership, platform design and mentoring engineers within a Google Cloud environment. Key Responsibilities of the Principal Data Engineer: Provide technical leadership, coaching and mentoring to data engineers Define how data engineering projects are approached, delivered and governed Work closely with architects to design and evolve the cloud data platform Ensure robust, scalable and compliant data pipelines across the platform Lead best practices around data ingestion, transformation, quality, security and monitoring Drive automation, CI/CD adoption and continuous improvement Challenge technical decisions and raise engineering standards across the team Key Requirements of the Principal Data Engineer: Extensive experience in Data Engineering, with time sp... Permanent