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Principal Data Engineer (Data Practice Lead)

YLD • London, UK

Salary
£78k – £78k
Posted
18 October 2026
Sponsor match
high
Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)
Role overview

YLD is hiring a Principal Data Engineer (Data Practice Lead) in London, a it role. The advertised salary is £78k – £78k. YLD holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the Skilled Worker route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.

YLD is a software engineering and product design consultancy, founded in 2013 based in London, Lisbon and Porto. We work with engineering and product leaders who know what good looks like and are frustrated by the gap between strategy and execution. We embed senior engineers and designers inside client teams, working in their codebase, their tooling, their delivery rhythm. AI runs through how our teams work, and we help clients adopt it into their own workflows too. About the role: We're buildi…
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  • Employer: YLD — confirmed licensed sponsor
  • Visa route: Skilled Worker
  • Advertised salary: £78k – £78k
  • How this salary compares: about 36% above the £57,569 median across 1,033 it roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
  • Location: London, UK
  • Similar roles nearby: 229 other live it roles in London — browse them
  • Posted: 18 October 2026
  • How we verify sponsors: employers are matched against the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors — read our methodology.
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