[Hiring] Principal Data Engineer @VARITE

Role Description

A Principal Data Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and managing the data infrastructure of an organization. The position provides specialized technical expertise in:

• Data integration
• Data quality
• Data operations
• Data platform architecture
• Data governance

These elements ensure a reliable, scalable, and well-managed analytical environment.

Qualifications

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Customer service orientation
• Strong analytical & business acumen
• Excellent time management and organization abilities
• Proven capacity to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Highly collaborative, yet capable of working independently
• Meticulous and dedicated to delivering high-quality work
• Effective mentor, providing guidance and support to junior data engineers and database administrators

Requirements

• Five (5) + years of professional work experience specializing in Databricks with significant expertise in data engineering, data integration, data warehousing, and cloud computing
• Five (5) years of experience in developing data pipelines using Python
• Three (3) + years of experience in designing and developing Databricks medallion Lakehouse architecture, applying data governance, and data quality best practices
• One (1) year of experience in developing data models
• One (1) year of experience in managing Azure Resources
• One (1) year of experience in automating Azure Data Resources using DataOps

Education Required

This classification requires the possession of a bachelor's in computer science, Data Engineering, or related field. Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.

Additional Information

• California Resident Candidates Only
• Work is expected to be mostly REMOTE, and interviews will be conducted via Microsoft TEAMS
• Work schedule will be 4/40, 10-hour day within the M-TH work schedule at the discretion of the program manager
• Work shift ranges from 7:15am to 6:00pm