Principal Data Engineer - job 4 of 23

Job Summary

A company is looking for a Principal Engineer, Data & Backend to lead the design and development of their Identity Graph project.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the architectural design and implementation of scalable, reliable, and secure data platform solutions
• Provide mentorship and guidance to engineers through design reviews and code reviews
• Own the end-to-end development of complex data ETL pipelines for batch and real-time processing

Required Qualifications

• 10-15+ years of professional experience in data engineering, including 4+ years in a lead role
• Expertise in building large-scale data solutions in modern cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, SQL, and one or more of Java, Scala, or Go
• Strong experience with data lakes, data warehouses, and streaming frameworks
• Hands-on experience with graph databases and algorithms