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Senior Principal Data Engineer

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Full Timeprincipal
New York, New York, USPosted March 5, 2026

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Job Description

A company is looking for a Sr. Principal Data Engineer / Data Architect.

Key Responsibilities

Design and oversee the migration / optimization of data lakehouse architecture using Databricks

Serve as the escalation point for production issues, ensuring 24 / 7 reliability of mission-critical pipelines

Translate product roadmaps into technical requirements while maintaining architectural integrity

Required Qualifications

Minimum 4+ years of hands-on experience within the Databricks ecosystem

Deep proficiency in Spark (PySpark / Scala), Python, and SQL; experience with GCP (BigQuery) is a plus

Proven experience managing petabyte-scale datasets and high-concurrency pipelines

10+ years in Data Engineering, with at least 3 years in a Principal or Architect capacity

Must be a self-starter capable of executing high-level concepts with minimal supervision

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