Principal Data Engineer

About Us LSEG London Stock Exchange Group is more than a diversified global financial markets infrastructure and data business We are dedicated open-access partners with a commitment to excellence in delivering the services our customers expect from us With extensive experience deep knowledge and worldwide presence across financial markets we enable businesses and economies around the world to fund innovation manage risk and create jobs It s how we ve contributed to supporting the financial stability and growth of communities and economies globally for more than 300 years Through a comprehensive suite of trusted financial market infrastructure services - and our open-access model - we provide the flexibility stability and trust that enable our customers to pursue their ambitions with confidence and clarity LSEG is headquartered in the United Kingdom with significant operations in 70 countries across EMEA North America Latin America and Asia Pacific We employ 25 000 people globally more than half located in Asia Pacific LSEG s ticker symbol is LSEG Role Description As a Principal Data Engineer you ll design and implement functionalities focusing on Data Engineering tasks You ll be working with semi-structured data to ingest and distribute it on a Microsoft Fabric-based platform modernizing data products and distribution channels You ll drive the software development lifecycle for continuous data delivery and lead the evaluation and adoption of emerging technologies Key Responsibilities Provide partnership and support to SME s and Tech Leads to ensure delivery on commitments Build and maintain secure and compliant production data processing pipelines on Microsoft fabric and azure to ingest land and transform data to on data product Ensure that data pipelines and data stores are high-performing efficient organized and reliable given a set of business requirements and constraints Design implement monitor and optimize data platforms to meet the data pipelines needs from functional and non-functional requirements Responsible for data-related implementation tasks that include provisioning data storage services ingesting streaming and batch data transforming data implementing security requirements implementing data retention policies identifying performance bottlenecks implementing required monitoring and telemetry and accessing external data sources Design and operationalize large scale enterprise data solutions and applications using one or more Azure data and analytics services Implement data solutions that use the following Azure services Delta io Lakehouse Fabric Azure Cosmos DB Azure Data Factory Spark and Azure Blob storage Microsoft Purview etc Skills and experience Depending on seniority relevant experience in Data Platforms in Financial Services industry Azure s PaaS SaaS offerings Fabric Synapse Purview ADF Azure Data Lake Storage etc Demonstrable experience in a similar role with a focus on cloud distributed data processing platform for spark and modern open table concept like delta iceberg Solid experience with Azure Synapse Analytics Data Factory Data Lake Databricks Microsoft Purview Monitor SQL Database SQL Managed Instance Stream Analytics Cosmos DB Storage Services ADLS Azure Functions Log Analytics Serverless Architecture ARM Templates Strong proficiency in Spark SQL and Python scala Java Experience in building Lakehouse architecture using open-source table formats like delta parquet and tools like jupyter notebook Strong notions of security best practices e g using Azure Key Vault IAM RBAC Monitor etc Proficient in integrating transforming and consolidating data from various structured and unstructured data systems into a structure that is suitable for building analytics solutions Understand the data through exploration experience with processes related to data retention validation visualization preparation matching fragmentation segmentation and enhancement Ability to think strategically and operate in day-to-day delivery mode requirement of the role Demonstrates ability to understand business requirements and the implications of those requirements on current and future roadmaps High level understanding of Azure DevOps Agile development processes SCRUM and Kanban Strong communication presentation documentation and interpersonal skills Able to self-manage and work independently in a fast-paced environment with dynamic requirements and priorities LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider Our purpose is driving financial stability empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built Our values of Integrity Partnership Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do every day They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25 000 people across 65 countries However we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth Together we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support including healthcare retirement planning paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone s race religion colour national origin gender sexual orientation gender identity gender expression age marital status 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