Principal Data Engineer, Cloud Data Platform & AI

Blue Shield of CA; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Shield of CA is seeking a Principal Data Engineer to lead end-to-end data platform design and delivery. You will partner with Enterprise Architects, Portfolio, Analytics, and Data Engineering to build data lakes, warehouses, and data marts for enterprise needs.

You will contribute to AI/ML initiatives, mentor senior engineers, and drive architecture decisions, ensuring scalable, secure data products across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of relevant data engineering experience.
• Experience supporting enterprise AI/ML and data product ecosystems.
• Expertise in Data Vault 2.0, dimensional modeling, Lakehouse architecture, or domain-driven data design.
• Influence enterprise architecture decisions and mentor senior engineers.
• Deep knowledge of data management practices, data modeling (Data Vault 2.0), MDM, data integration, data architecture, data virtualization, data warehousing, data privacy and security.
• Hands-on AI/ML concepts and applying AI‑driven solutions in enterprise environments.
• Proficiency in SQL, Python, DBT Cloud and DBT Core; experience with NoSQL and major databases (Snowflake, Synapse, Databricks).
• Ability to design and scale large-volume, high-performance data platforms leveraging parallel architectures.
• Advanced knowledge of CI/CD, source control, and agile tooling (Git, Bitbucket, Jira).
• Experience in healthcare, regulated environments, or large enterprises preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement cloud data lakes, data warehouse and data mart solutions.
• Lead data product initiatives by partnering with architects, analytics and engineering teams.
• Mentor senior engineering talent and influence enterprise architecture decisions.

Skills

SQL

Python

DBT Cloud

DBT Core

NoSQL

Data Vault 2.0

Dimensional Modeling

Lakehouse

Data Warehousing

AI/ML concepts

CI/CD

Git

Jira

Snowflake

Databricks

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Git

Bitbucket

Jira

Job description

Blue Shield of CA is seeking a Principal Data Engineer to lead end-to-end data platform design and delivery. You will partner with Enterprise Architects, Portfolio, Analytics, and Data Engineering to build data lakes, warehouses, and data marts for enterprise needs.

You will contribute to AI/ML initiatives, mentor senior engineers, and drive architecture decisions, ensuring scalable, secure data products across the organization.