Principal Software Engineer

Ritchie Bros.

Principal Data Engineer providing technical leadership in data architecture and analytics at IAA. Mentoring engineers and driving complex data solutions on Azure data platform.

Posted 6/11/2026full-timeRemote • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $171,290 - $256,990 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzurePythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Set and evolve the technical architecture for IAA’s data platform.
Personally design and build complex data pipelines and components.
Define engineering standards and patterns across architecture and code quality.
Lead the design and implementation of robust data products.
Build the production-grade data pipelines and infrastructure for data scientists.
Diagnose and resolve performance and scalability challenges.
Drive technical strategy across Microsoft Fabric and Azure BI technologies.
Mentor and grow data engineers and analytics engineers.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Extensive hands-on experience as a senior or principal-level data engineer.
Deep expertise across the Azure BI / data technology stack.
Strong command of data engineering architecture and modern analytics platforms.
Expert-level proficiency in Python and SQL.
Working understanding of how data scientists consume data.
Demonstrated ability to solve ambiguous, complex business problems.
Strong mentoring and influence skills.
Excellent communication skills.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurances.
401k plan with 100% match for the first 4% contributed.
15 days of PTO each year.

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Hard Skills & Tools

data engineeringdata pipelinesdata architecturePythonSQLdata productsperformance optimizationscalabilityengineering standardsanalytics platforms

Soft Skills

mentoringinfluencecommunicationproblem-solving