Hybrid Principal Data Modernization Engineer

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About the role

  • Principal Data Modernization Engineer guiding technical leadership across data modernization initiatives. Collaborating with analytics teams to ensure data platforms effectively support analytical use cases and evolving business needs.

Responsibilities

  • Act as the Senior Director’s technical delegate for data modernization
  • Guide and shape high-impact modernization decisions that span multiple teams or domains
  • Provide clarity and direction in complex or ambiguous modernization scenarios
  • Ensure key technical decisions are clearly articulated, shared, and consistently applied across Data Tech
  • Proactively identify gaps, inefficiencies, or unclear ownership in data modernization
  • Develop a strong understanding of current-state systems, constraints, and dependencies
  • Partner with Engineering and Architecture Directors to align on modernization approaches
  • Foster constructive, outcome-focused discussions that balance technical rigor with practical delivery considerations
  • Aggregate modernization risks, architectural drift, or areas of growing technical debt
  • Surface insights and recommendations to leadership early

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience
  • Typically requires 13+ years of relative experience in data engineering, data platforms or large-scale systems
  • Experience partnering with analytics or reporting teams
  • Strong Technical understanding of: Transactional and analytical data systems, Data ingestion, integration, and synchronization patterns, Cloud-based data platforms, specifically Databricks, Data modeling and domain-oriented data design
  • Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction through credibility, collaboration and clear communication
  • Experience working effectively in complex, multi-team technical environments

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation package
  • Annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities
  • Health, happiness, and well-being focus

Job title

Principal Data Modernization Engineer

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$178,900 - $298,100 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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