Overview

Position Title:  Senior Principal Data Engineer

Company: Shell

Location: Coventry, UK

Job Description

As a Senior Principal Data Engineer, you will be the key technical expert overseeing the deployment of Shell’s Data Platforms, Data & Analytics products and drive a strong vision for how data engineering can proactively create a positive impact on the business.

Responsibilities:

  • Define the skills and capabilities development roadmap and deliver on upskilling and reskilling targets
  • Act as a subject matter expert across different digital projects.
  • Manage our internal Technical Ladder process to progress staff through technical maturity and drive the development of Data Engineering as a technical discipline
  • Oversee work with internal clients and external partners to structure and store data into unified taxonomies and link them together with standard identifiers.
  • Build and own the automation and monitoring frameworks that captures metrics and operational KPIs for data pipeline quality and performance.
  • Responsible for implementing best practices around systems integration, security, performance and data management.
  • Empower the business by creating value through the increased adoption of data, data science and business intelligence landscape.
  • Collaborate with internal clients (data science and product teams) to drive solutioning and POC discussions.
  • Evolve the architectural capabilities and maturity of the data platform by engaging with enterprise architects and strategic internal and external partners.
  • Prototype new approaches and build solutions at scale.

Requirements:

  • Proven track record in Data Lake Infrastructure, Data Warehousing, and Data Analytics tools.
  • Strong experience in SQL optimization and performance tuning, and development experience in programming languages like Python, PySpark, Scala etc.).
  • Relevant experience in cloud data engineering experience in at least one cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP).
  • Fluent with Azure and AWS cloud services. Certifications are a plus.
  • Experience scaling and managing a team of engineers.
  • Experience with integration of multi cloud services with on-premises technologies.
  • Experience with data modeling, data warehousing, and building high-volume ETL/ELT pipelines.
  • Experience with data profiling and data tools like Collibra, Informatica MDM etc.
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About Shell

Shell is a global energy company with around 87,000 employees in more than 70 countries. We work together to power progress through more and cleaner energy solutions. We serve more than 30 million customers at almost 46,000 retail service stations every day.