We’re on a mission to back the UK’s small businesses like no one else 🚀Small businesses are the backbone of the economy, and we’re here to help them win. We’ve built a platform that uses clever data to get them the funding they need in minutes, not weeks.At Funding Circle, we have the restless energy of a fintech start-up with the stability of a public company. It’s a unique mix that gives Circlers the autonomy to take ownership and the scale to make an impact that truly counts.We’re a high-performing team that chooses to lift each other up. We challenge, we champion, and we have each other’s backs - because we know that when we stand together, we move faster and build better.The impact is real: Last year alone, the businesses on our platform generated £7.2bn for the UK economy 📈 Come and join a mission that matters![Read our Impact Report] | [See our Trustpilot]The role ⚡📍 London (Hybrid) | 🤝 2 days in the office | 💰 Competitive Salary + BenefitsAs Principal Data Engineer you are the primary technical authority for Funding Circle's Data Engineering and Data Platform architecture, designing innovative solutions on Snowflake and AWS. Reporting to the VP of Data and sitting on the Data Leadership Team, you lead the analysis, architecture, design and development of our Data and Analytics estate.You own the Data Platform strategy and the multi-phased roadmap to our Future State Data Platform, and you are the key technical team member advising on the migration to the Future State Data Platform.Own the Data Platform strategy and execute the multi-phased roadmap for migrating to the Future State Data Platform on Snowflake and AWS, advising on migration architecture, transition states, historical data migration and legacy decommissioning.Lead the architecture, design and development of scalable cloud data warehouse, lakehouse, streaming and analytics solutions.Define ingestion, transformation and orchestration patterns, naming and structural conventions, and the publi