Principal Data Engineer

Job overview

The Principal Data Engineer role is based in El Segundo, CA, with two days onsite required. Compensation is stated as up to $270,000, plus full benefits. The employer is described as a high-growth consumer rewards and marketing insights company. This hands-on individual contributor will help rebuild the company's data platform and establish technical standards for a growing data organization. The role designs a modern lakehouse and streaming pipelines to process large volumes of events and support the company's data needs.

What you'll do

• Design and build batch, streaming, and event-driven data pipelines
• lead adoption of lakehouse patterns and durable data contracts
• use Python, SQL, Snowflake, Kafka, Iceberg, and Trino in rebuilding the data platform.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

principal data engineer

data engineering

python

sql

snowflake

kafka

iceberg

trino

lakehouse

streaming pipelines

el segundo ca

up to $270k

hybrid

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Full benefits.

Why this role

The posting describes architectural influence and streaming pipelines processing tens of millions of events daily.

About the employer

Career Movement is hiring for this role. Industry: Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services. Sector: 51.