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Expleo Group

Principal Data Engineer

Expleo Group

Principal Data Engineer leading technical data initiatives for the Insurance sector at Expleo. Responsible for data architecture, pipeline development, and mentoring engineering teams.

Posted 7/1/2026full-timeDublin • 🇮🇪 IrelandLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AWSCloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Act as the leading technical authority and Subject Matter Expert for Databricks Data Engineering, representing the Engineering team to stakeholders.
  • Define and own the Data Architecture for the creation of speciality insurance analytics data products.
  • Design Conceptual, Logical, and Physical Data Models for the business area, aligned to broader/standardised data models.
  • Establish engineering standards, patterns, and best practices for AI-assisted pipeline development, orchestration, processing, storage, and observability.
  • Design, oversee, and contribute to the development of large-scale, fault-tolerant data pipelines and orchestration jobs across medallion layers in Databricks.
  • Ensure pipelines are designed to meet SLAs for reliability, latency, cost, and data quality.
  • Implement processes for the management of metadata, lineage, and observability in the delivery of high-quality and dependable Data Products.
  • Partner with security teams on data privacy and compliance, implementing data governance with particular focus on managing sensitive, business critical data.
  • Mentor senior and mid-level engineers and drive Engineering Excellence across AI Assisted Development, Code quality, Testing, and Documentation.
  • Lead design reviews and architecture discussions, encouraging collaboration and innovation to promote a culture of continuous improvement.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Databricks and AWS Certifications
  • BSc/MSc degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject
  • Data Management certifications (e.g. DAMA) an advantage
  • Extensive experience in Data Engineering roles
  • Proven experience leading or mentoring engineering teams
  • Experience delivering large-scale cloud-based data initiatives
  • Previous experience working within regulated environments such as Insurance highly desirable
  • Experience with Databricks Lakehouse architecture preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Medical and dental insurance
  • Pension
  • Life assurance
  • Employee wellbeing programme
  • Sports and social events
  • Birthday hampers

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Hard Skills & Tools
Data ModelingData Pipeline DevelopmentData GovernanceMetadata ManagementData Quality Assurance
Soft Skills
MentoringCollaborationContinuous Improvement
Certifications
Databricks CertificationAWS CertificationData Management Certification