Principal Data Engineer

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This role is for a Principal Data Engineer with a 6-month contract to hire in Sunnyvale, requiring onsite work twice a week. Key skills include Java, Airflow, Python, Spark, and Kafka, with a focus on mentorship and operational excellence.
🌎 - Country
United States
💱 - Currency
$ USD
💰 - Day rate
Unknown
Unknown
🗓️ - Date discovered
April 25, 2025
🕒 - Project duration
More than 6 months
🏝️ - Location type
On-site
📄 - Contract type
W2 Contractor
🔒 - Security clearance
Unknown
📍 - Location detailed
Sunnyvale, CA
🧠 - Skills detailed
#Spark (Apache Spark) #Java #Code Reviews #Airflow #Kafka (Apache Kafka) #Python #Automation #Data Engineering #Cloud #CRM (Customer Relationship Management)
Role description

Position: Principal Data Engineer

Location: Onsite 2 a week in Sunnyvale

Duration: 6 month contract to hire

Only on our W2 - NO C2C.

Must Haves:

Java

Airflow

Python

Spark

kafka

Principal level or Staff Level Experience

Mentorship of Jr. Devs

Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

Working on an initiative that brings Cost optimization and cloud optimization initiatives to the forefront. A lot of the work is around CRM automation and acceleration into newer tech stacks. For a principal data engineer you will be responsible 70 percent for non technical jobs such as code reviews, gaining funds and grounds on your initiatives, mentoring junior level developers, responsible for operational excellence on a team and be held responsible for coming up with designs to decrease costs, increase cloud usage and get buy in for your product. 30 percent of your time will be centered around coding both utilizing data structures to help mentor jr. devs and solving use cases in production.

Regards

Vinay S

vinay.s@themesoft.com