Principal Data Engineer

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Principal Data Engineer

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  • Date posted
    September 4, 2026
  • Expiration date
    December 4, 2026
  • Application ends
    December 4, 2026

Our Client Currently looking for Principal Data Engineer

 

What You’ll Do

  • Define large-scale data architecture decisions – batch/streaming platforms,
    warehouses, and lakehouses – and evaluate tradeoffs for quality, scalability, and
    long-term sustainability
  • Architect observability, alerting, and incident-response frameworks
    to monitor the health and SLAs of data pipelines across the organization; serve as
    the technical escalation point for complex data architecture problems
  • Partner across Applied teams to define standards for data quality, lineage
    tracking, access control, cataloging, and governance; establish SLAs/SLOs for
    critical data assets
  • Design data modeling standards across OLAP/warehouse (dimensional
    modeling), OLTP/transactional, streaming/real-time, and AI/vector/feature-store
    use cases
  • Define patterns for embedding AI and agent-supported workflows across
    the data engineering lifecycle, and enable teams to adopt them at scale
  • Define and enforce data engineering standards, best practices, and design
    patterns across the organization
  • Mentor and grow engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and
    technical guidance
  • Influence cross-functional roadmaps by translating business requirements
    into sound data architecture strategies

What You’ll need to succeed

  • 15+ years in software/data engineering or architecture with outstanding
    impact
  • Degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent combination of
    education and experience
  • Expert knowledge of data architecture principles and best practices
  • Hands-on builder experience (actively coding, testing, and validating
    architecture at scale)
  • Proven ability to influence without authority
  • Pragmatic approach and obsessed with eliminating waste
  • Player-coach mindset with a commitment to teaching through action
  • Adaptability, resilience, and the ability to thrive in ambiguity with iteration
  • Excellent communication skills, able to meet your audience where they are
    and explain complex problems clearly
  • Expertise across data and software technologies – GCP BigQuery and dbt a
    plus
  • Proven experience architecting large-scale data warehouses or lakehouses
  • Solid understanding of data modeling concepts including dimensional
    modeling and streaming architectures; experience with vector stores is a plus
  • Strong understanding of data governance; experience implementing data
    catalogs a plus
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