Principal Data Engineer — AI-Driven Semantic Platform

The Consensus; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Auger in Bellevue, WA is seeking a Principal Software Development Engineer who will own data correctness and semantic layer design, turning messy customer data into reliable schemas for analytics, AI workflows, and write-back execution.

You will lead hands-on development, set standards for medallion-style lakehouse pipelines, ensure observability, and mentor the team while communicating across product, science, and data tools.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in professional software development.
• 8+ years hands-on SQL and Python experience.
• Experience with large-scale data engines (e.g., Spark).
• Ownership of large production data systems and reliability.
• Strong data quality, observability, and contract testing mindset.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement AI-native data frameworks for heterogeneous sources.
• Own data engineering architectures and establish lakehouse standards.
• Translate ambiguous needs into durable data model and schema contracts.
• Define observability, SLOs, incident response, and backfill strategies.
• Bridge data pipelines with ML outputs and ensure reliable writes to the semantic layer.

Skills

Years of software development

SQL

Python

Spark/large-scale engine

Data management & schema design

Production data systems ownership

Test-driven data engineering

AI-native data workflows

Technical leadership

Communication & collaboration

Education

Degree in Computer Science or data-intensive field

Job description

Auger in Bellevue, WA is seeking a Principal Software Development Engineer who will own data correctness and semantic layer design, turning messy customer data into reliable schemas for analytics, AI workflows, and write-back execution.

You will lead hands-on development, set standards for medallion-style lakehouse pipelines, ensure observability, and mentor the team while communicating across product, science, and data tools.