Database Principal Engineer - (Relational/NoSQL/IaaS/DBaaS/Infrastructure/Microservices/DevOps/Banking)

Summary: The Database Principal Engineer will lead the strategic direction of the organization's database platforms, focusing on both relational and NoSQL technologies within a hybrid work environment. This role involves advising senior stakeholders, co-designing database services, and driving engineering excellence across various performance metrics. The position also includes mentoring engineering teams and evaluating emerging technologies to enhance platform capabilities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the strategic direction of the organisation’s database platforms and engineering capability.
• Act as Database SME, advising senior stakeholders on technology decisions and roadmap alignment.
• Co-design and architect shared database services (DBaaS/PaaS) and oversee implementation.
• Drive engineering excellence across availability, resiliency, security, performance and automation.
• Mentor engineering teams, support cross-functional collaboration, and close capability gaps.
• Evaluate emerging trends, tools and technologies to enhance platform performance and scalability.

Key Skills:

• Database
• Relational
• NoSQL
• Distributed SQL
• IaaS
• DBaaS
• Microservices
• Software Development
• Infrastructure Automation
• API Development
• CI/CD
• CT
• Automated Testing
• Code Scanning
• Infrastructure as Code
• SRE
• DevOps
• Performance Tuning
• Capacity Planning

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Sheffield

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT