Senior Principal Data Engineer – News Analytics Platform
Core
Designing and implementing the end-to-end data analytics stack to transform raw user data into trusted, business-ready data products for Yahoo News.
Role type
Senior Principal Data Engineer (Technical Leadership)
Builds
Foundational data pipelines, modeling layers, and governance standards for the analytics platform.
Domain
Internet / News Analytics / Cloud Data Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis
Required skills
System design, data architecture, SQL, cloud data warehouses (BigQuery), pipeline orchestration, event/analytics data modeling, Python, AI-assisted development workflows
Preferred skills
Experience with experimentation platforms, GA4, advanced AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor)
Technologies
BigQuery, Python, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor
Responsibilities
Own the architecture of the analytics stack's modeling and orchestration layers; Design and build foundational, well-tested data pipelines; Establish standards and governance for integrating AI-assisted engineering tools; Translate ambiguous business questions into durable, version-controlled data models; Partner with stakeholders to define metrics, dimensions, and data contracts; Drive the migration of business logic out of dashboards into maintainable pipelines; Optimize the cloud data warehouse for performance and cost.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with technical leadership