Principal Data Engineer for Data Asset & Provisioning Technology
Location :
London, UK
Job Type :
Key Responsibilities
1. Define and evolve the reference engineering standards for core data provisioning platforms, ensuring alignment to the bank’s Group Data Strategy and Data Future State Architecture.
2. Provide deep technical standards and approach leadership across key platforms
3. Enterprise Data Assets (EDA) and APIs for standardized data provisioning
4. Reference Data Services for golden source alignment and hierarchy management
5. Big Data and Movement technologies for ingestion, streaming, and transformation at scale
6. Decisioning Infrastructure including real-time feature stores and orchestration
7. Lead peer reviews and ensure platform consistency, reusability, and compliance with enterprise standards.
8. Guide development teams in implementing data pipelines, APIs, metadata-driven controls, and automated testing frameworks.
9. Champion DevSecOps, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code across engineering teams.
10. the control transition to using agentic AI coding assistants.
11. Lead the technology Developer Experience, enabling the whole of technology to discover, understand and onboard themselves to our services.
12. Drive best practices in observability, performance engineering, cost optimization, and scalability in hybrid cloud environments.
13. Mentor senior engineers and influence technical delivery across multiple squads and geographies.
14. Collaborate with Architecture, Cybersecurity, CDO, and business product owners to align engineering outcomes to strategic objectives.
15. Represent the domain in cross-platform technology councils and architecture forums.
Job Descripition
We are looking for an exceptional Principal Engineer to serve as the technical anchor for the Data Asset and Provisioning Technology domain, covering platforms and capabilities including Enterprise Data Assets (EDA), Reference Data, Big Data & Movement, and Data Decisioning engineering. This role will drive technical strategy, architecture, and engineering excellence across distributed data platforms that are foundational to data democratization, AI enablement, customer insight, and regulatory compliance. The Principal Engineer will provide hands-on leadership in modern data and digital engineering practices, hybrid cloud enablement, event-driven architecture, and platform scalability to ensure enterprise-ready and future-fit data services. This role is suited for a senior technologist with deep experience in data platform engineering and the ability to influence product and delivery teams across a large, global, matrixed organization.
About Company
We're a financial services organisation that serves more than 40 million customers, ranging from individual savers and investors to some of the world’s biggest companies and governments. Our network covers 58 countries and territories, and we’re here to use our unique expertise, capabilities, breadth and perspectives to open up a world of opportunity for our customers. HSBC is listed on the London, Hong Kong, New York, and Bermuda stock exchanges.