Principal Data Engineer
Location: Remote
Compensation: To Be Discussed
Reviewed: Fri, Mar 06, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days
Job Summary
A company is looking for a Principal Data Engineer (Forward Deployed) to design and build scalable data pipelines and infrastructure for analytics and AI applications.
Key Responsibilities
- Shape technology-driven data strategy and represent data engineering at the executive level
- Drive delivery of critical data initiatives and establish data engineering practices across the business unit
- Develop technical leaders and build high-performing data engineering teams
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Data Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field
- 10+ years of relevant professional experience in enterprise data architecture and large-scale data integration
- Extensive production experience with cloud data platforms and distributed data processing
- Demonstrable fluency with AI coding tools and experience in architecting data infrastructure for generative AI applications
- Experience in defining data strategy and leading cross-team data initiatives
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