Senior Principal Data Engineer — Cloud Analytics Architect

Yahoo Holdings Inc.; Champaign (IL); On-site; USD 150,380 - 327,025; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401(k) match

Education stipends

Backup childcare

Discretionary annual bonuses

Job summary

Yahoo Holdings Inc. is seeking a Senior Principal Data Engineer in Champaign, Illinois. This role involves designing and implementing our analytics stack, ensuring high standards in data pipelines, and optimizing cloud performance. The ideal candidate should have over 10 years of experience in data engineering with expertise in SQL and cloud technologies.

This position offers a competitive salary of $150,380 to $327,025 annually along with comprehensive benefits, including healthcare and education stipends.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software/data engineering experience, focusing on system design.
• Expertise in architecting large-scale analytics or data platforms.
• Hands-on experience with event/analytics data and experimentation platforms.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture of the analytics stack’s modeling and orchestration layers.
• Design and build tested data pipelines with established standards.
• Drive migration of business logic into maintainable pipelines.

Skills

Software/data engineering experience

System design

Data architecture

Technical leadership

Deep expertise in SQL

Cloud data warehouses (BigQuery)

Python for pipeline tooling

AI-assisted development workflows

Education

BS or MS in Computer Science or related major

Job description

Yahoo Holdings Inc. is seeking a Senior Principal Data Engineer in Champaign, Illinois. This role involves designing and implementing our analytics stack, ensuring high standards in data pipelines, and optimizing cloud performance. The ideal candidate should have over 10 years of experience in data engineering with expertise in SQL and cloud technologies.

This position offers a competitive salary of $150,380 to $327,025 annually along with comprehensive benefits, including healthcare and education stipends.