Principal Data Engineer

Principal Data Engineer

Data & Analytics

Permanent - Full Time

Salford, GB, M50 2QH

BBC PUBLIC SERVICE B'CAST

Job Closing Date: 05/03/2025

THE ROLE

Job Number 21624
• Band: D
• Contract type: Permanent
• Location: Salford
• Salary: Up to £87,500 depending on relevant skills, knowledge, and experience.

• Our comprehensive benefits package includes:
• An employer pension contribution of up to 10%
• 26 days' annual leave (based on full time hours) + bank holidays and the option to buy/sell additional days
• Contributory lifestyle benefit options including discounts at hundreds of retailers, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and healthcare schemes
• Employee assistance and well-being programmes
• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join staff networks
• Family friendly flexible working arrangements.

Excellent career progression - the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
Unrivalled training and development opportunities.

Introduction

Product Group is responsible for the design, development, and delivery of the BBC's portfolio of digital products including iPlayer, Sounds, Bitesize, and BBC News. Data is fundamental to our future.

Responsibilities

The Principal Data Engineer will support the newly created Product Data Domain teams. You will help to build ETL pipelines to ingest and transform data to develop the data products that will power key value use cases across the BBC.

Role and Responsibilities include:
• Leads and architects on developing robust and scalable complex data pipelines.
• Enhance data quality, governance and security across the organisation.
• Prioritises stakeholders requirements.
• Leads on building automation workflows.
• Encouraging and mentoring team members.
• Helps set standards for coding, testing and other engineering practices.
• Leads on the building and testing of business continuity & disaster recovery procedures.
• Proactively evaluates and provides feedback on future technologies.

Are you the right candidate

We look for the following skills:
Technical skills:
• Extensive (5+ years) experience in a data engineering or analytics engineering role.
• Extensive experience in building ETL pipelines.
• Excellent SQL and python skills.
• Extensive use of cloud knowledge in AWS.
• Good working knowledge of Data Warehousing technologies.
• Experience in deploying and scheduling code bases using technologies such as Airflow.
• Demonstrable experience of working alongside cross-functional teams.

Teamwork and stakeholder management:
• Ability to listen to others' ideas.
• Ability to clearly communicate to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to collaborate effectively.
• Strong attention to detail.

About the BBC

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment. We value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.

DISCLAIMER

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities.