Principal Data Engineer
Virtual Vocations IncJob Description
A company is looking for a Principal Data Engineer to design and implement its data infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities
Own the end-to-end design of the data platform, including warehouse, lake, and ingestion architecture
Build and operate production data pipelines across clinical, operational, and third-party systems
Implement testing, monitoring, and observability practices to ensure data quality and pipeline reliability
Required Qualifications
5+ years of experience in data engineering or backend engineering roles with significant data platform responsibility
Proven experience designing and building data infrastructure, pipelines, and data models from the ground up
Strong computer science fundamentals, including experience with distributed systems and data processing at scale
Hands-on experience with modern data platforms and tooling, including SQL-based transformation workflows
Ability to diagnose and resolve performance, reliability, and data quality issues in complex systems
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