Principal Data Engineering Architect
Core
Lead solution design and production implementation of major data capabilities, productizing engagement signals and building federated self-service platforms for analytics, data science, and activation.
Role type
Principal Data Engineering Architect (Strategy & Hands-on IC)
Builds
Distributed data platforms, streaming/batch processing systems, semantic data models, and governed AI-assisted engineering tools.
Domain
Marketing analytics, digital media, web analytics, and customer journey measurement.
Required skills
Distributed and big-data processing, streaming and batch systems, logical and physical data modeling, semantic abstraction, schema evolution, SQL, programming languages, data governance, data compliance, data security, cross-functional technical leadership, mentoring, product judgment, business acumen.
Preferred skills
Experience with marketing, digital media, or web analytics; building federated self-service platforms; governed AI-assisted engineering tools.
Technologies
Streaming, batch, SQL, programming languages, metadata, lineage, classification, policy-aware access.
Responsibilities
Partner with PMs and business users to define problems and prioritize reusable capabilities; build hands-on prototypes and contribute production code; design distributed processing and storage patterns; embed security, privacy, and quality by design; mentor and coach engineers; measure delivery and operational improvements.
Seniority
Principal, strategy & mentorship