Simple Machines
Principal Data Engineer
About this role
Description: Principal engineering role focused on technical direction, platform design, and architectural decision-making. Design and build greenfield data platforms, real-time pipelines, and data products for clients. Requirements: Strong proficiency in Python and SQL, with deep experience in Spark and modern data platforms (Databricks/Snowflake). Demonstrated ownership of large-scale data platform architectures and strong data modeling skills. Experience with cloud data services (AWS or GCP) and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Pulumi). Background in consulting or professional services environments with strong mentoring capabilities. Benefits: Work on interesting, high-impact problems and build modern platforms. Collaborate with senior engineers and have autonomy, influence, and room to grow.