Principal Level Data Engineer – Architecture & Leadership

TECHEAD is celebrating over thirty-five years of incredible heritage, talent, and accomplishments! To learn more about TECHEAD, visit us at TECHEAD.com or on Glassdoor. Principal Level Data Engineer – Architecture & Leadership Location: Richmond, VA / Surrounding areas Industry: Top-Tier Financial Services The Opportunity: Principal Engineer Leading Digital Transformation A major, high-performing Data Solutions team within a leading Life, Annuity, and Long-Term Care Financial Services firm is seeking a Principal Level Data Engineer. This role is a leadership opportunity focused on the end-to-end data architecture, governance, and engineering scope for the business. You will lead, mentor, and assist four Agile teams (25 individuals) in the full software development lifecycle—from design and build to testing and production support. The top priority is to oversee the implementation of a brand-new architecture designed to replace current analytical platforms, operating on a modern streaming and analytical pipeline with Medallion and OneLake architecture. Master-Level Technical Capabilities (Hard Skills): • Architectural Implementation: Designing, building, testing, and production support for high-volume analytical pipelines. • DataBricks Expertise: Implementing DataBricks streaming and analytical processes, including Spark performance optimization and production monitoring. • Delta Tables: Deep experience with Delta tables, streaming pipelines, and APIs for UX consumption. • CI/CD Leadership: Full implementation of CI/CD in analytical pipelines. • Innovation: Capable of performing Proof of Concepts (POCs) for new technologies, including AI programming and testing code generation. Leadership & Influence Capabilities (Soft Skills): • Technical Leadership: Ability to lead technical projects and decompose work across team members. • Mentorship: Passion for mentoring and developing other data professionals. • Influence: Proven capability to influence technical leaders and teams to adopt common practices, frameworks, and tool usage patterns. • Proactivity: Comfort in being proactive with business leadership on solution options. TECHEAD's mission is to make our associates successful by placing them in the right environment so they can grow and prosper. How we treat and respond to our clients and employees is a reflection of who we are and makes us stand out from the rest. Keeping our business focused on building and maintaining relationships with our employees and clients is the key to our success. We won't strive for anything less. TECHEAD provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. For more information on TECHEAD please visit www.techead.com. No second parties will be accepted.