Principal Data Engineer: Cloud & Real-Time Analytics Lead

Transamerica Corporation; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus for Eligible Employees

401k Match

Medical Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Transamerica Corporation seeks a Principal Data Engineer to design and lead modern data architectures across the enterprise, shaping data strategies and building the enterprise data platform. You will guide architectural decisions and provide technology leadership in data engineering and analytics, enabling data-driven digital initiatives.

The role involves collaboration with engineers, data scientists, analytics teams, and product owners in an agile setting, driving scalable data pipelines and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, math, engineering, or relevant field.
• Seven years of data engineering, analytics, warehousing, BI, database administration and data integration.
• Six years with big data and real-time streaming architectures in cloud/on-premise.
• Four years of experience in large-scale distributed applications.
• Three years with Linux operations and shell scripting.
• Three years with DevOps and CI/CD practices.
• Strong SQL for data profiling and extraction.
• Familiarity with data science techniques and frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Act as subject matter expert with engineers, data scientists, analytics teams, and product owners in an agile environment.
• Architect, build, and support cloud and on-prem data infrastructure and tools.
• Design robust, scalable data pipelines for batch and real-time data ingestion and delivery.
• Lead development of data APIs and data delivery services for operational processes and ML apps.
• Lead selection and integration of data tools and frameworks for platform expansion.
• Implement best practices for enterprise data management including metadata and data quality.

Skills

Data engineering

Big data

SQL

Cloud platforms

DevOps

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Master’s degree (preferred)

Job description

Transamerica Corporation seeks a Principal Data Engineer to design and lead modern data architectures across the enterprise, shaping data strategies and building the enterprise data platform. You will guide architectural decisions and provide technology leadership in data engineering and analytics, enabling data-driven digital initiatives.

The role involves collaboration with engineers, data scientists, analytics teams, and product owners in an agile setting, driving scalable data pipelines and