Principal Data Engineer
- El Segundo, CA, United States
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Job details
- Experience
- 6+ years of hands-on data engineering experience
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
A high-growth consumer rewards and marketing insights company is looking for a principal data engineer to help rebuild its data platform from the ground up using Python, SQL, Snowflake, Kafka, Iceberg, and Trino.
This is a hands-on, individual contributor role with real architectural influence: you'll help design and build a modern lakehouse, stand up streaming pipelines that process tens of millions of events daily, and set the technical standards a growing data organization will run on for years.
What you'll do:
Design and build a next-generation data platform spanning batch, streaming, and event-driven pipelines Lead the adoption of modern data lakehouse patterns and durable data contracts
Required Skills:
6+ years of hands-on data engineering experience Strong current skills in SQL, Python, Kafka, and dbt Real experience with streaming or event-driven pipelines Medallion architecture experience
Location: El Segundo (2 days onsite required)
Compensation: Up to 270K + full benefits
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Skills
- Python
- SQL
- Snowflake
- Apache Kafka
- Data engineering
- dbt