Principal Data Engineer

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Austin, TX / $180000 - $210000 annum

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Salary

SALARY:

$180000 - $210000

Location

LOCATION

Austin, TX

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Permanent

PRINCIPAL DATA ENGINEER / DATA ARCHITECT

AUSTIN, TX (HYBRID - 4 DAYS ONSITE)

COMPETITIVE BASE + BONUS + FULL BENEFITS

The Opportunity We're partnering with a leading consumer technology organization to hire a Principal Data Engineer who will serve as a strategic technical leader across enterprise data architecture, platform modernization, governance, and data product initiatives.

This is not a traditional data engineering role focused solely on pipelines and development. This individual will partner closely with senior leadership to shape the future of the organization's data ecosystem, influence long-term technology investments, evaluate platform strategy, and guide enterprise architecture decisions that directly impact business outcomes.

The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with strong communication skills and the ability to influence stakeholders, mentor engineers, and drive large-scale data initiatives from strategy through execution.

The Data Environment The team is focused on building and evolving modern cloud-native data platforms supporting analytics, customer intelligence, operational decision-making, and future AI initiatives.

  • Modern cloud-based data architecture and platform modernization
  • Data lakes, data warehouses, lakehouse architectures, and semantic layers
  • Real-time and event-driven data processing environments
  • Enterprise data governance, quality, security, and compliance
  • Data products, domain-oriented architecture, and scalable analytics platforms
  • Strategic investments supporting long-term business objectives and AI readiness

What You'll Be Working On

  • Define and drive enterprise data architecture strategy across modern cloud data platforms
  • Partner with senior business and technology stakeholders to develop long-term data roadmaps and investment strategies
  • Evaluate technologies, vendors, and platform capabilities while providing architecture recommendations and business cases
  • Lead architectural decisions around data warehouses, data lakes, lakehouse environments, semantic layers, and data products
  • Establish and promote best practices for data governance, security, compliance, quality, and cost optimization
  • Architect scalable real-time and batch data ecosystems supporting analytics and operational workloads
  • Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance across engineering teams
  • Review architecture, troubleshoot complex technical challenges, and influence technical direction across multiple teams
  • Drive modernization initiatives that improve scalability, performance, reliability, and business value

What We're Looking For

  • 12+ years of experience in data engineering, data architecture, or enterprise data platforms
  • Strong experience designing enterprise-scale data architectures and modern cloud data platforms
  • Expertise with data warehousing, data lakes, lakehouse architectures, and data modeling best practices
  • Experience building or supporting real-time, event-driven, or streaming data platforms
  • Strong understanding of data governance, quality, metadata, lineage, security, and compliance frameworks
  • Experience developing data strategies, roadmaps, architecture standards, and platform modernization initiatives
  • Ability to communicate architectural concepts and recommendations to both technical and executive audiences
  • Proven success influencing stakeholders, evaluating technology solutions, and guiding strategic technical decisions
  • Strong SQL, data modeling, schema design, and distributed data systems experience
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field; advanced degree preferred

Why This Role

  • Opportunity to shape enterprise-wide data architecture strategy for a highly visible consumer technology organization
  • Direct partnership with senior leadership on technology investments, platform decisions, and long-term roadmap planning
  • Influence a critical business function that directly drives company initiatives and outcomes
  • Work on modern cloud data platforms, real-time architectures, governance programs, and AI-ready data ecosystems
  • Serve as a trusted technical authority and mentor across engineering and architecture teams
  • High-impact role with significant ownership, visibility, and strategic influence
  • Competitive compensation package including bonus and comprehensive benefits

This is a rare opportunity for a senior data architecture leader who enjoys balancing strategy, business influence, platform vision, and technical depth while helping define the future of a large-scale modern data ecosystem.

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