Principal Data Engineer

ITV

ITV is a leader in cultural influence and digital streaming, known for its widespread productions. They offer a lively working environment, strong learning opportunities, and a chance to significantly impact millions. The company is advancing in technology, focusing on customer-driven, data-informed product development.

In this role you can expect to have the responsibilities:

• Guide and lead data engineering team in adopting engineering best practices.
• Recruit, mentor, and develop the data engineering team.
• Direct technical choices for platforms, services, and tools.
• Identify and implement process improvements for data infrastructure.
• Manage scalable and secure data pipelines and ensure performance.
• Collaborate with commercial teams to define data product requirements.
• Introduce and uphold design standards and review processes.
• Monitor data workflows for performance and reliability.
• Ensure compliance with data governance and privacy regulations.

This role comes with the following benefits:

• Flexible working options.
• Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy more.
• Annual bonus opportunity.
• Competitive pension contributions.
• Share purchase programs.
• Wellbeing and volunteering days.

This role requires you to have:

• Strong team leadership in data engineering.
• Experience with Databricks, Hadoop, Spark data products.
• Designing and implementing enterprise-level data pipelines.
• Proficient in coding and automated testing.
• Familiarity with CI/CD platforms and distributed computing frameworks.

You would benefit from having:

• Knowledge of UK broadcast and advertising industry.
• Ability to inspire and influence teams.
• Understanding of data governance, privacy, and security.
• Familiar with data design, regression, and statistical modeling.
• Experience with data visualization solutions like Tableau and AWS QuickSight.

ITV encourages applications from disabled individuals and supports accommodations during the selection process. They are a Disability Confident Leader and support inclusivity in the workplace.