Senior Principal Data Engineer

Senior Principal Data Engineer

8+ years of experience

What will I be doing?

• Maintain and assess a legacy SQL Server-based Kimball-style data warehouse, identifying opportunities for modernization and optimization.
• Design and build scalable data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes using modern tools and frameworks.
• Collaborate with peers to define and evolve reusable tools and pipeline patterns that support efficient and consistent data transformation.
• Partner with product managers, data analysts, and engineering teams to design technical solutions that solve real customer problems.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of data governance practices, ensuring data sovereignty, privacy, security, and regulatory compliance.
• Monitor and troubleshoot data workflows to ensure high availability, reliability, and performance.
• Develop and maintain unit and integration tests for data pipelines to ensure reliability and correctness.
• Champion a culture of documentation to support maintainability, onboarding, and cross-team collaboration.
• Continuously challenge the status quo and advocate for improvements in data architecture and engineering practices.
• Stay current with advancements in distributed computing, data architecture, and emerging technologies.