Principal Data Engineer: Enterprise Data Platform Lead

Transamerica; Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension Plan

401k Match

Tuition Reimbursement

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Employee Discounts

Job summary

Transamerica is seeking a Principal Data Engineer to lead the design and development of enterprise data platforms. You will guide data strategy, scale architectures, and provide technical leadership across cloud and on-premises environments, enabling real-time and batch data delivery for analytics and ML workloads.

You will collaborate with engineers, data scientists, and business teams to implement robust data APIs, ensure data quality, and drive data initiatives aligned with business goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, math, engineering, or relevant technical field.
• Seven years of experience in data engineering, analytics, warehousing and BI concepts.
• Six years building big data and real-time streaming architectures in on-premises and cloud.
• Four years building large-scale distributed applications.
• Three years with Linux, scripting and DevOps/CI/CD.
• Strong SQL proficiency for profiling and extraction.
• Excellent technical communication and teamwork.
• Ability to prioritize and learn fast in a dynamic environment.

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-premises enterprise data infrastructure and tools.
• Design scalable data pipelines to ingest, process and deliver structured and unstructured data.
• Lead data APIs and data delivery services for operational and analytical use cases.
• Select and integrate data tools, frameworks and applications to expand platform capabilities.
• Implement master data, metadata, data quality and lineage management.
• Assist in strategy, budget and execution for data initiatives.

Skills

Data engineering

Cloud computing

Analytics

Machine learning concepts

Technical communication

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Teamwork

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, math, engineering, or relevant technical field

Master’s degree in a technical field (preferred)

Tools

SQL

Linux

AWS / Cloud platforms

Python / Java / Scala

Job description

Transamerica is seeking a Principal Data Engineer to lead the design and development of enterprise data platforms. You will guide data strategy, scale architectures, and provide technical leadership across cloud and on-premises environments, enabling real-time and batch data delivery for analytics and ML workloads.

You will collaborate with engineers, data scientists, and business teams to implement robust data APIs, ensure data quality, and drive data initiatives aligned with business goals.