Principal Data Platform Engineer [Hybrid]

Technical Leadership & Execution: Translates data architecture visions, business requirements, and technical specifications into scalable, production-grade solutions. Leads technical design discussions, defends proposals in architecture reviews, and aligns infrastructure needs (performance, cost, reliability) with business KPIs. Conducts thorough code reviews to ensure maintainability, performance optimization, and quality, while mentoring junior engineers.

Translates data architecture visions, business requirements, and technical specifications into scalable, production-grade solutions.

Leads technical design discussions, defends proposals in architecture reviews, and aligns infrastructure needs (performance, cost, reliability) with business KPIs.

Conducts thorough code reviews to ensure maintainability, performance optimization, and quality, while mentoring junior engineers.

Governance & Quality Assurance: Embeds data quality testing and validation frameworks directly into system designs. Implements data governance practices, including data lineage, metadata management, and classification standards. Leverages data catalog platforms and Jira for transparent project tracking and metadata management.

Embeds data quality testing and validation frameworks directly into system designs.

Implements data governance practices, including data lineage, metadata management, and classification standards.

Leverages data catalog platforms and Jira for transparent project tracking and metadata management.

Problem Solving & Collaboration: Drives root-cause analysis for technical incidents, communicating remediation plans clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Demonstrates a versatile, self-starter mindset—effortlessly shifting between architecture, platform engineering, and analytics engineering in a growing, fast-paced environment. Uses strong interpersonal and influence skills to build consensus across broad stakeholder groups while keeping leadership informed of progress, blockers, and trade-offs.