Principal Data Platform Architect & Mentor

ZoomInfo; United States; Remote; USD 172,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

ZoomInfo is seeking a Principal Data Engineer to define and evolve architecture, engineering standards, and operating models for the enterprise data platform. This role leads critical architectural decisions across ingestion, storage, transformation, and governance while mentoring engineers and raising the engineering bar.

You will collaborate with analytics, security, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable, reliable, and secure data products at scale, driving data reliability and

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software or data engineering roles.
• 5+ years designing and operating large-scale data platforms.
• Strong end-to-end system design experience across data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Define architecture and standards for data platforms and pipelines.
• Lead technical decision-making across data ingestion, storage, and serving layers.
• Mentor engineers and drive best practices in reliability and security.

Skills

Data architecture

End-to-end design

SQL

Python/Java/Scala

Cloud data platforms

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/related

Tools

Spark

Kafka

dbt

Snowflake

Job description

ZoomInfo is seeking a Principal Data Engineer to define and evolve architecture, engineering standards, and operating models for the enterprise data platform. This role leads critical architectural decisions across ingestion, storage, transformation, and governance while mentoring engineers and raising the engineering bar.

You will collaborate with analytics, security, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable, reliable, and secure data products at scale, driving data reliability and