Senior/Principal Data Engineer
Spotted 2d agoMid-Senior LevelFull-time
Job details
- Work mode
- Remote
- Employment
- Full-time
- Level
- Staff / principal
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Posted
- Oct 8, 2026
- Last confirmed open
- Oct 11, 2026
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About this role
- Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and reliable data platforms, pipelines, and data products
- Drive architecture discussions related to data modeling, storage strategies, integration patterns, and platform evolution
- Take end-to-end ownership of technical solutions and contribute to architectural and engineering decision-making
- Develop and implement batch and streaming data solutions using modern cloud-native technologies
- Lead platform modernization initiatives and continuous technical improvements
- Establish and promote engineering best practices including CI/CD, testing, observability, security, and data quality
- Mentor and support Data Engineers through technical guidance, code reviews, and knowledge sharing
- Lead onboarding activities for new team members and support their integration into the engineering organization
- Collaborate with Product Managers, Software Engineers, Analysts, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable data solutions
- Contribute to technical roadmaps and influence engineering direction across teams
- 5–8+ years of experience in Software Engineering, including 3–5+ years of hands-on Data Engineering experience
- Upper-Intermediate or higher English level
- Strong experience building and operating scalable data platforms and pipelines in cloud environments
- Advanced SQL knowledge and strong understanding of data modeling and data architecture principles
- Strong programming skills in Python
- Hands-on experience with Apache Spark, Databricks, and Kafka
- Experience developing ETL/ELT pipelines and orchestration workflows
- Strong AWS cloud experience and knowledge of cloud-native data services
- Experience designing modern data warehouse or lakehouse architectures
- Strong system design and problem-solving skills
- Ability to balance business and technical priorities while making architecture decisions
- Experience mentoring engineers and driving engineering best practices
- Strong communication and collaboration skills across technical and business teams
WILL BE A PLUS
- Experience with Scala or Java
- Experience with real-time data streaming architectures
- Exposure to large-scale distributed systems
- Experience with observability and data quality frameworks
- Experience contributing to platform modernization programs
- Background in enterprise analytics or machine learning data platforms
PERSONAL PROFILE
- Strong ownership mindset
- Leadership-oriented and proactive
- Excellent collaboration and stakeholder management skills
- Strategic and architecture-driven thinking
- Passion for mentoring and team development
- Ability to work in fast-paced and evolving technical environments
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