Principal Engineer
Core
Senior technical leader designing and implementing scalable enterprise data architectures and high-scale pipelines on Databricks and Azure.
Role type
Principal Data Engineer (Senior IC with strategic influence)
Builds
Production-grade data platforms, pipelines, and Lakehouse architectures for a global commercial real estate services firm.
Domain
Commercial Real Estate / Data Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Databricks (Spark, DLT, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog), Azure data ecosystem, end-to-end data architecture design, mentoring engineers, technical standards definition, cross-functional collaboration
Preferred skills
Embedding across multiple teams/geographies, CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code tooling, data governance and metadata management
Technologies
Databricks, Azure, Spark, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps
Responsibilities
Design end-to-end data architectures using Lakehouse patterns; implement and validate critical production components; mentor engineers at all levels; embed in teams to accelerate delivery and de-risk projects; define engineering standards and architectural principles; serve as trusted technical advisor translating business needs into data strategies
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with broad influence
