Principal Data Engineer

Celerant Technology

Principal Data Engineer providing technical leadership across the data engineering landscape at Virgin Voyages. Focus on data platform architecture, pipeline design, and data quality with a high degree of autonomy.

Posted 5/21/2026full-timePlantation • Florida • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudPythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own and evolve technical direction for the data engineering platform, including architecture, standards, and long-term platform evolution
Design and guide the development of scalable, reliable data pipelines and platform capabilities that support analytics and AI use cases
Contribute to the modernization and evolution of the data platform toward more scalable and managed solutions
Define and enhance engineering standards, architecture patterns, reusable frameworks, and best practices across the data engineering function
Improve platform reliability, observability, testing practices, and data quality across production data environments
Partner with machine learning and related technical teams to support AI platform enablement and help shape MLOps practices where appropriate
Support broader adoption of AI tools in engineering workflows and day-to-day productivity, including familiarity with tools such as Claude Code and Codex
Collaborate with Data Engineering, Analytics Engineering, and stakeholders outside the core data organization to align technical solutions with business and platform needs
Provide selective hands-on technical contribution, particularly in the establishment of foundational services, frameworks, and platform capabilities

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of experience in data engineering or related data platform roles
Demonstrated experience designing and evolving modern data platforms, pipelines, and architecture
Strong SQL and Python skills
Experience working across a modern data technology stack
Experience with cloud-based data platforms and managed services
Proven ability to operate independently and lead technical direction with a high degree of autonomy
Strong experience improving reliability, observability, testing, and data quality within production data environments
Experience establishing engineering standards, architecture patterns, and reusable technical frameworks
Experience enabling AI use cases through strong data engineering foundations
Familiarity with AI-assisted engineering workflows and tools

Benefits

Comp & perks

Virgin Voyages is committed to being an Equal Opportunity Employer
Inclusive workplace environment

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Hard Skills & Tools

data engineeringdata pipelinesdata architectureSQLPythoncloud-based data platformsdata qualityMLOpsengineering standardsreusable frameworks

Soft Skills

leadershipautonomycollaborationcommunication