Principal Data Platform Engineer

Join Flo, the world's #1 health & fitness app, as a Principal Data Platform Engineer. Drive cross-team technical strategy, mentor senior engineers, and shape the future of data infrastructure for 400M+ users globally.

Requirements

• 10+ years of software/data engineering experience with deep expertise in distributed systems and data platforms
• Proven technical leadership with track record of driving organization-level technical strategy and architecture
• Expert-level mastery of data engineering technologies (Spark, Databricks, cloud platforms, orchestration, streaming, governance, etc.)
• Deep production experience building and scaling Data Lakehouse platforms (Databricks Unity Catalog strongly preferred)
• Strong architectural skills designing systems for scalability, reliability, and performance at petabyte scale
• Advanced understanding of data governance, security, and compliance in regulated environments
• Experience mentoring senior engineers and influencing engineering practices across teams
• Exceptional communication skills - ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels
• Track record of making sound technical decisions with organization-wide impact
• Experience managing platform costs and optimizing infrastructure spend

Benefits

• Competitive salary and annual reviews
• Opportunity to participate in Flo’s performance incentive scheme
• Paid holiday, sick leave, and female health leave
• Enhanced parental leave and pay for maternity, paternity, same-sex and adoptive parents
• Accelerated professional growth through world-changing work and learning support
• Flexible office + home working, up to 2 months a year working abroad
• 5-week fully paid sabbatical at 5-year Floversary
• Flo Premium for friends & family, plus more health, pension and wellbeing perks