Principal Data Engineer
Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Tue, Jul 21, 2026
This job expires in: 24 days
Job Summary
To support the Tech Ops organization, the full-time remote Principal Data Engineer will design and scale enterprise data platforms, architect complex data integration solutions, and influence best practices across the organization.
Key responsibilities
- Architect and evolve high volume batch and real-time data pipelines using modern frameworks
- Develop end-to-end ingestion and transformation frameworks integrating various data services and APIs
- Lead technical design for client implementations, ensuring fault-tolerant architectures in cloud environments
Required qualifications
- 7+ years of hands-on experience with large scale, distributed data systems in cloud environments
- Expert proficiency in Python, SQL, and PySpark for performance-optimized data transformations
- Proven experience building production-grade ETL/ELT pipelines using Databricks or similar frameworks
- Strong knowledge of AWS data services or equivalent cloud technologies
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field
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