Principal Software Engineer, Data Architecture and Engineering

Overview

We're seeking a Principal Engineer to establish data architecture excellence across our engineering organization. As we transition to autonomous, stream-aligned teams, we need a hands-on data expert who can enable application teams to make sound data decisions independently.

This role works side-by-side with application engineers, not in isolation. Your peers will be full-stack and backend engineers building products. You need to understand application architecture, API design, and deployment practices - and bring deep data expertise to that context.

What You'll Do

• Work directly with application teams on data architecture for their applications and services
• Design and review data architectures and models, aligning data ownership with team domain boundaries
• Review application code and architecture with focus on data access patterns and performance
• Evaluate and recommend data storage technologies (MongoDB, PostgreSQL, NoSQL, document stores, warehouses)
• Optimize database performance: query tuning, indexing, execution plan analysis, resource management
• Guide technology selection based on read/write patterns, data volumes, and access patterns
• Define data access patterns: APIs, ORMs, event-driven architectures, replication strategies
• Establish data replication and syndication strategies (CDC, event streaming, batch processing)
• Guide data architecture for ML/LLM