Principal Data Engineer (we have office locations in Cambridge, Leeds and London)

Principal Data Engineer

At Genomics England, we're seeking an experienced Principal Data Engineer with a proven track record of senior technical leadership across highly complex data engineering environments.



This is a senior individual contributor role operating at Principal level, where you will set technical direction and influence data engineering strategy across complex, regulated, national scale clinical and research platforms.

You will shape how we design, build and operate scalable, secure and highly reliable data platforms. This includes defining standards, patterns and data engineering approaches that multiple teams will align to and deliver against.

This is a hands-on leadership role. You will stay close to data engineering, code and delivery where it matters, while also operating at both architectural and strategic level to guide direction, influence technical decisions, raise data engineering mat...