Senior Principal Data Engineer Lead
Core
Lead and scale the Data Engineering, DataOps, and Data Stewardship functions to deliver a cloud-native data platform enabling self-service analytics.
Role type
Senior Principal Data Engineering Lead
Builds
Cloud-native data platform (ingestion, transformation, modeling, operations) for business domains
Domain
Cloud data engineering and data stewardship
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Cloud-native data engineering, AWS architecture, team leadership, ELT/ETL pipeline design, data quality frameworks, data lineage tracking, observability, CI/CD practices, Python, SQL, Snowflake, Airflow, data orchestration, cost optimization, root-cause analysis, vendor management
Preferred skills
Machine learning integration, Streamlit, Cortex AI, Sagemaker, Airbyte, Fivetran, custom connector development, medallion architecture implementation
Technologies
Snowflake, Airflow, Python, SQL, AWS (S3, Lambda, KMS, Transfer Family, CloudWatch, Sagemaker), Airbyte, Fivetran, Streamlit, Cortex AI
Responsibilities
Recruit and mentor hybrid data engineering teams, oversee design and optimization of ELT/ETL pipelines, institutionalize data stewardship processes, manage daily pipeline operations and SLA compliance, set engineering standards for observability and CI/CD, enable self-service analytics by curating trusted datasets
Seniority
Senior Principal, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities