Introduction Gateway Housing has been supporting communities to thrive since 1926. We are an ambitious London based housing association with over 3,000 homes in the heart of London's East End. We provide social rented homes, shared ownership, and sheltered housing. We develop new homes too and are part way through an exciting programme to deliver another 250 homes by 2025. We also run our own in-house maintenance service, Gateway Homeworks. Our vision is that people will want to live in a Gateway home and people will want to work at Gateway. You will be joining the organisation at an exciting time and be a key member of a dynamic team that wants to deliver great landlord services and strengthen our links to the local community. Our values Our values add up to P.A.C.E. Passionate, Accountable, Connected, Excellence. As a community housing association based in the East End for nearly 100 years, we're proud of the work we do to address the housing crisis through building and managing great homes. The role We are looking for a Principal Data Engineer (24 months FTC) to lead the design and implementation of Gateway Housing Association's enterprise data architecture and engineering strategy, enabling scalable, secure, and high-quality data services. This role will support the organisation's digital transformation by building robust data platforms, pipelines, and models that underpin decision-making, operational performance, and innovation. The Principal Data Engineer will work collaboratively with technology, 3rd party partner, senior leadership, and business stakeholders to modernise and unify data systems across the organisation. Accountabilities Your accountabilities will include but not limited to: Define and implement enterprise data models, pipelines, and metadata management Develop and maintain data platform components (e.g., data lake, warehouse, ETL frameworks) Ensure data security, compliance, and ethical use of data in accordance with GDPR and Cyber Essentials Plus Act as a senior technical authority in data, mentoring others and setting engineering standards Drive the evaluation and implementation of cloud technologies (e.g., Azure, Synapse, Fabric) Collaborate with technology and business leads to define data requirements Support the delivery of strategic projects including housing management transformation, customer portal, and self-service Please refer to the attached job profile for more details. Key Skills, Knowledge and Experience: Advanced SQL and scripting skills (e.g., Python, PowerShell) for data engineering, automation and orchestration tasks. Data Architecture Design - Strong ability to define and implement modern enterprise data architectures, including data lakes, data warehouses, and data mesh/data fabric concepts Data Modelling - Experience designing logical and physical data models (e.g., star schema, snowflake, third normal form), with strong understanding of master and reference data management. Strong understanding of modern enterprise data architecture principles, including data warehousing, data lakes, and relational databases. Knowledge of data integration patterns and technologies (e.g., ETL, ELT, API-first), including near real-time and event-driven approaches. Experience working with business stakeholders, analysts, and developers to translate business needs into technical solutions. Salary and benefits Our benefits package includes: Annual Leave: starting at 28 days, plus Bank Holidays Subsidised Health and Wellbeing Membership Simply Health - help towards the costs of dentist, optician, and private medical appointments. Employee Assistance Programme - including free legal, financial and counselling advice Pension - up to 10% employer contribution If you have the confidence and enthusiasm to work in a challenging but supportive working environment, we would like to hear from you. Please note only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. CLOSING DATE: Tuesday 01 July 2025 INTERVIEWS: TBC Please note that on some occasions where we have received sufficient applications, we will close the vacancy earlier than the closing date advertised. GATEWAY is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community