Principal Data Engineer
Core
Designing and building a modern cloud data platform in Azure Fabric to support reporting, analytics, and AI/ML use cases.
Role type
Principal Data Engineer (technical lead with hands-on delivery)
Builds
Scalable, governed data lakehouse/warehouse platform in Microsoft Fabric
Domain
Cloud Data Engineering / AI Enablement
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Azure Data Factory, Synapse, Microsoft Fabric, SQL, ETL/ELT, Medallion architecture (bronze/silver/gold), team leadership, technical direction
Preferred skills
Power BI (Direct Lake), Python/PySpark, data governance, AI/ML workload enablement
Technologies
Azure, Microsoft Fabric, Data Factory, Synapse, SQL, Python, PySpark, Power BI
Responsibilities
Designing and building a modern data platform from ingestion to AI enablement; Implementing medallion architecture; Setting technical direction as senior owner; Enabling downstream analytics and AI/ML use cases; Leading and growing a data engineering team
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with team leadership
