Principal Data/Software Engineer

. Serves as a Principal Data Engineer: to design, develop and implement end-to-end data pipelines for ingestion, transformation, and distribution .

Posted 4/21/2026full-timeRemote • Illinois, Massachusetts, Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $173,400 - $260,000 per yearWebsite

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudJavaPython

Key responsibilities & impact

Serves as a Principal Data Engineer: to design, develop and implement end-to-end data pipelines for ingestion, transformation, and distribution
Collaborates closely with architects, product managers, analytics teams, and platform engineers to align data solutions with business needs
Optimizes data platforms for performance, scalability, cost efficiency, and reliability
Defines and enforces data quality standards, implementing automated validation and monitoring
Provides primary or backup production support for applications and components

What you’ll need

8+ years of implementing data-intensive solutions using agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, Lean etc)
4+ years working with AWS cloud-based platforms in an enterprise environment
Experience designing and building performant, resilient big data solutions
Deep expertise in programming languages used in data engineering such as Python and Java
Experience developing high performance, high volume, highly available (24/7/365) environments
Experience with Agile software engineering (Scrum, Kanban, Lean etc)
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Logistics

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

data engineeringdata pipelinesdata transformationdata distributionAWSPythonJavadata quality standardsautomated validationbig data solutions

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingperformance optimizationscalabilitycost efficiencyreliabilitysupportagile methodologiesteamwork