Principal Data Engineer

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Austin, Texas / $220000 - $250000 annum

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Salary

SALARY:

$220000 - $250000

Location

LOCATION

Austin, Texas

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Permanent

Principal Data Engineer | Enterprise Data Architecture

Location: Austin, TX | Hybrid (4 Days Onsite)

Compensation: $220,000-$250K Base + Bonus + Equity

A leading consumer technology company is seeking a Principal Data Engineer to help shape the future of its enterprise data architecture and drive the technical strategy behind its next generation of data platforms.

This is a highly strategic, architecture-focused individual contributor role, offering the opportunity to influence enterprise-wide technology decisions, lead major data platform initiatives, and partner directly with senior engineering and business leadership.

The organization is making significant investments in modernizing its data infrastructure, with a focus on real-time data capabilities, scalable ingestion frameworks, data governance, and AI-ready architecture.

The Role

As Principal Data Engineer, you will serve as a senior technical authority across the data organization, defining architectural standards and driving long-term platform strategy.

You will have significant autonomy in evaluating technologies, shaping architectural decisions, and influencing multiple engineering teams, while remaining technically engaged in complex engineering challenges.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Own and drive enterprise-wide data architecture strategy, ensuring scalability, reliability, security, and performance.
  • Design and evolve modern cloud data platforms, including real-time ingestion frameworks, data lakes, warehouses, and semantic layers.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies, platforms, and vendors to inform strategic investment decisions.
  • Lead architectural decisions across Snowflake and adjacent data technologies.
  • Establish best practices for data governance, quality, observability, and cost optimization.
  • Partner with senior business stakeholders to translate organizational needs into scalable technical solutions.
  • Provide technical leadership, architectural guidance, and mentorship across multiple engineering squads.
  • Help shape the organization's broader Data & AI strategy and future platform roadmap.

What We're Looking For:

  • 12+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Architecture, or related technical disciplines.
  • Proven experience leading enterprise-scale data architecture initiatives and influencing technical strategy.
  • Strong foundational expertise in Data Engineering, including SQL, data modeling, schema design, and modern data platform development.
  • Demonstrated experience designing and implementing real-time data platforms and ingestion architectures.
  • Experience with modern cloud data ecosystems, ideally including Snowflake or comparable technologies.
  • Strong understanding of data governance, data quality, security, and platform optimization.
  • Experience evaluating technologies and making architectural recommendations aligned with business objectives.
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and collaborate across engineering teams.
  • A hands-on technical background combined with the ability to operate strategically at the enterprise level.

Why Join?

  • Enterprise-Wide Impact: Own architectural decisions that shape the future of a large-scale consumer technology platform.
  • Strategic Ownership: Influence technology selection, investment priorities, and long-term data strategy.
  • High Visibility: Partner directly with senior data leadership and cross-functional business stakeholders.
  • Modern Data Transformation: Help drive significant investment in real-time data infrastructure, governance, and AI-ready platforms.
  • Technical Leadership Without People Management: Operate as a senior individual contributor with broad influence across multiple engineering teams.

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