Principal Data Engineer

constantcontact; United States; Remote; USD 138,000 - 172,000; Full time

Job summary

Constant Contact is seeking a Principal Data Engineer for the Enterprise Data Platform to architect large-scale data intelligence solutions using Snowflake, BigQuery and AWS, translating business requirements into scalable, future-proof data architectures.

You will mentor engineers across the US and India, establish dbt standards, lead end-to-end ETL pipelines with Python/Scala, and optimize data models and lakehouse design for multi-brand tenants.

Qualifications

• Proven experience architecting data platforms at scale.
• Strong command of Snowflake, BigQuery and cloud data services.
• Hands-on experience with ETL/ELT in Python/Scala and Spark.

Responsibilities

• Architect large-scale data intelligence solutions using warehouse technologies.
• Lead end-to-end data pipelines and lakehouse designs for multiple brands.
• Mentor distributed teams and define standards (dbt, CI/CD) across platforms.

Skills

Snowflake

BigQuery

AWS

Dagster

Airflow

dbt

Python

Scala

Spark

Kubernetes

Terraform

CDK

EKS

Trino

Education

Bachelor or Master's in Computer Science, Information Technology or Equivalent

Tools

Snowpipe

DMS

Iceberg/Delta/Hudi

Job description

At Constant Contact, we are seriously awesome people who take ownership and make an impact by operating with the mindset, integrity and courage of a small business owner. There's something so profoundly rewarding about knowing that your work is empowering people everywhere to pursue their dreams . Here, we all play an integral part in helping business owners, entrepreneurs, non-profits and individuals to succeed by giving them all the help and tools they need to grow online. We're energized by new challenges and new possibilities-and we're just getting started!

The Enterprise Data Platform team is looking for a Principal Data Engineer to help revolutionize how we think about and deliver customer insights, playing an important role in the future success of the company.

The ideal candidate will be a platform evangelist, having a deep appreciation for the business as well as strong technical skills. You should be self-directed, a creative problem solver, and able to adjust to a fast-paced environment. This position plays the important role of bridging the gap between our business stakeholders and our technical data teams.

What you'll do:

• Architecting large-scale data intelligence solutions, performing architectural assessments, crafting architectural options and analysis around Snowflake Data Warehouse and/or Google BigQuery
• Design and evolve an open lakehouse on AWS: S3 with Apache Iceberg/Delta table formats, a medallion architecture (bronze → silver → gold), and Trino as the federated query engine.
• Finalize preferred solution alternative working with IT and Business stakeholders to build data ingestion pipeline using tools like AWS EMR, Snowpipe, AWS DMS, etc.etc
• Need to have professional knowledge of cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, etc.
• Developing ETL pipelines in and out of data the warehouse using but not limited to Python, Scala,SnowSQL, etc.
• Own orchestration patterns in Dagster: asset-based pipelines, code-location design, cross-asset lineage, sensors and schedules, partitioning and backfills.
• Set dbt standards for the enterprise data model: layering (staging/intermediate/marts), testing, documentation, and CI for model changes.
• Hands on experience with building productionized data ingestion and processing pipelines using Java, Spark, Scala, Python
• In-depth understanding of Data Warehouse/ODS, ETL concept and modeling structure principles
• Tune Trino for performance and cost: query planning, catalog configuration (Glue/Hive/REST), resource groups, and scaling on Kubernetes.
• Set technical direction and write architecture decision records for review by peers and leadership.
• Mentor engineers across distributed teams in the US and India, and raise the bar through code and design reviews.

Who you are:

• 12+ years of experience working with data in the following ways: SQL development, Shell Scripting, Python, Snowflake, AWS, software engineering or database development
• Ideal candidate has led platform architecture for a multi-team data organization
• Experience developing end-to-end data pipelines to transform and process data for reporting layer
• Experience with large-scale data sets using both structured and unstructured data
• Production experience with at least two of: Trino/Presto, Iceberg/Delta/Hudi, Dagster/Airflow, dbt, Spark
• Full grasp of continuous integration and delivery, including branching strategies, automated deployment and functional automation within CI and CD Pipelines
• Strong communication skills across both business and technical communities
• Strong data modeling: dimensional/Kimball, conformed dimensions, slowly changing dimensions (SCDs), and modeling for multiple brands or tenants
• Experience with Kubernetes (EKS), infrastructure as code (Terraform/CDK), and containerized data services
• Bachelor or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or Equivalent
• Performing in an agile, self-directed team environment

Nice to have:

• experience with semantic layers (Cube, dbt Semantic Layer), data catalogs, ML/identity resolution, marketing or ad-tech data, and big data
• Experience with billing data and systems is a big plus

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The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidate's experience, their education and work location. In addition, some roles may be eligible for additional on target commission pay or bonus. The compensation package includes health and welfare benefits including paid leave.

Pay Transparency - All Full Time Employees

$137,800 - $172,250 USD

Why You'll Love Us:

We celebrate one another's differences. We are proud of our culture of diversity and inclusion, and we're always working hard to strengthen and improve this culture. We have programs in place that bring us together on important issues and provide educational opportunities for all employees.

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