Principal Cloud Data Engineer

About the role

The Principal Cloud Data Engineer plays a critical role in designing, building, and maintaining high-throughput data pipelines and ingestion workflows. This role collaborates with product organizations and Product Owners/Product Managers to support the foundational data platform roadmap.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain high-throughput data pipelines and ingestion workflows.
• Implement transformation logic, data quality checks, and governance frameworks.
• Collaborate with platform architecture and product teams to support the foundational data platform roadmap.
• Optimize data flows for performance, cost, and reliability.
• Maintain platform health and troubleshoot ingestion or processing issues.
• Build reusable components that scale across markets and business units.
• Able to effectively and accurately convey information to others.

Requirements

• 7+ years of data engineering/development experience.
• Strong hands-on skills with Python, SQL, Spark, or cloud-native data processing tools.
• Experience with data lakes, lakehouses, or cloud-based warehouses.
• Knowledge of data quality, metadata, lineage, and governance frameworks.
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.

Qualifications and Education

• 7+ years of data engineering/development experience.
• Strong hands-on skills with Python, SQL, Spark, or cloud-native data processing tools.
• Experience with data lakes, lakehouses, or cloud-based warehouses.
• Knowledge of data quality, metadata, lineage, and governance frameworks.
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.

Skills, Abilities, and Knowledge

• Strong verbal communication skills; strong writing and composition abilities.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to develop and maintain effective and professional relationships across the organization and with customers.
• Strong influencing and negotiation skills; consultative and collaborative work style.
• High learning agility with the ability to learn and integrate business variables and learn new systems and platforms.
• Strong analytical skills & problem-solving abilities; solid decision-making abilities coupled with sound judgment.
• Effective at managing multiple priorities under tight deadlines in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Strong project management and time management capability.
• Self-directed and comfortable working with ambiguity and uncertainty.
• High degree of professional maturity, integrity, ability to maintain confidential data and information.
• High degree of business acumen; strong technical aptitude.

Work Environment and Physical Requirements

• Working on-site at assigned office location.
• Regular and punctual attendance adhering to schedule established by leadership.
• Flexibility to work occasional adjusted work schedules, overtime, and evening and/or weekend hours to meet deadlines or as business needs demand.
• Working in a cubicle hub, maintaining focus on phone calls in a noisy environment within earshot of multiple other conversations.
• Sedentary work in a stationary position at a cubicle for prolonged periods of time.
• Constant repetitive motions required for operating a computer, such as typing and managing phone calls.
• Constantly communicating effectively verbally in English, including accurately exchanging information with others following identification of correct procedures.

Additional Information

• While this description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the position’s requirements, it in no way implies/states that these are the only job responsibilities. Management reserves the right to modify, add or remove duties and request other duties, as necessary.

Company Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Health Savings Account with employer contribution.
• 401(k) Retirement plan with employer match.
• Paid Maternity Leave/Parental Bonding Leave/Caregiver Leave.
• Adoption Assistance.
• Tuition & Certification reimbursement.
• Employee Mortgage Loan Program.
• Newrez Employee Emergency and Disaster Fund.
• Volunteer Time Off.
• Matching Gifts Program.
• Grants, nonprofit resources, and volunteer opportunities.

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