Principal Data Engineer
Core
Design, build, and scale data pipelines to ingest heterogeneous sources and prepare data for analytics consumption.
Role type
Principal Data Engineer
Builds
Data pipelines (Azure Data Factory), ingestion logic, and curated data layers for analytics
Domain
Retail / Cloud Data Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Azure Data Factory, SQL, Python/Scala/Java, Snowflake, REST/SOAP API integration, JSON/XML parsing, SFTP/blob handling, CI/CD, dbt, Infrastructure-as-Code
Preferred skills
Real-time analytics, Streaming technologies
Responsibilities
Move data through full pipeline lifecycle (raw, staging, curated), build ADF pipelines, design ingestion patterns for various formats, handle file-based ingestion at scale, contribute to CI/CD, set technical standards, mentor engineers
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC & mentorship
