Principal Data Engineer - Fabric & Azure Architect

Fusemachines; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Fusemachines seeks aPrincipal Data Engineer / Solution Architect to lead data engineering efforts around Microsoft Fabric and Azure data architectures for a fast-moving Life Sciences client. You will stabilize migrations from Azure to Fabric, design scalable pipelines, and govern Databricks Unity Catalog while coordinating with stakeholders.

Based in Boston, MA or willing to travel, you will overlap US East Coast hours and contribute to a startup-speed delivery environment with tight timelines.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on data engineering, data architecture, or complex data platform development experience.
• Strong, practical experience building, supporting, and troubleshooting data pipelines in Microsoft Fabric and Azure Data Factory (ADF).
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft SQL (queries, stored procedures, design, indexing) and Python/PySpark in Fabric.
• Hands-on experience managing Databricks Unity Catalog (catalog/schema/table organization, access controls, governance).
• Deep familiarity with ADLS Gen2, data organization, security, and cloud service integrations.

Responsibilities

• Fabric & Pipeline Engineering: Design, build, enhance, and support scalable data pipelines using Fabric Data Factory, PySpark in Fabric, and ADF.
• Migration Support & Stabilization: Drive active migration efforts to Fabric, including pipeline transition, validation, performance tuning, and stabilization.
• Databricks Governance: Manage Databricks Unity Catalog structures, permissions, and access control policies.
• Data Asset Management: Develop and optimize Microsoft SQL data assets, stored procedures, queries, and ADLS Gen2 storage layers.
• Troubleshooting & QA: Quickly diagnose and resolve issues across pipelines, SQL queries, Fabric notebooks, Unity Catalog, and cloud layers.
• Leadership & Knowledge Transfer: Document designs, mentor delivery teams, and transfer knowledge from outgoing resources.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Translate complex requirements into reliable data solutions during US East Coast business hours.

Skills

8+ years data engineering

Microsoft Fabric

Azure Data Factory

Microsoft SQL

Python

PySpark in Fabric

Databricks Unity Catalog

ADLS Gen2

Azure administration

Medallion architecture

Lakehouse patterns

Data warehouse design

Tools

Databricks Unity Catalog

Fabric Data Factory

Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2

Job description

Fusemachines seeks aPrincipal Data Engineer / Solution Architect to lead data engineering efforts around Microsoft Fabric and Azure data architectures for a fast-moving Life Sciences client. You will stabilize migrations from Azure to Fabric, design scalable pipelines, and govern Databricks Unity Catalog while coordinating with stakeholders.

Based in Boston, MA or willing to travel, you will overlap US East Coast hours and contribute to a startup-speed delivery environment with tight timelines.