Principal Data Engineer

Position Responsibilities
As a Principal Data Engineer, you will:
• Focus on a few key areas and provide leadership to the engineering teams.
• Own complete solution across its entire life cycle.
• Design, build, and optimize scalable data pipelines and ETL processes to support data ingestion, transformation, and storage.
• Ensure data quality and integrity by implementing robust data validation and cleansing processes.
• Identify and evaluate new technologies and tools in the data engineering space to improve efficiency and drive innovation.
• Stay up to date with industry trends and advancements in data engineering and recommend relevant strategies and technologies for adoption.
• Influence and build vision with product managers, team members, customers, and other engineering teams to solve complex problems for building enterprise-class business applications.
• Lead in design sessions and code reviews to elevate the quality of engineering across the organization.
• Mentor more junior team members professionally to help them realize their full potential.
• Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams.

Qualifications
• Experience in data software development, using data technologies such as Relational and NoSQL databases, open data formats, and programming languages such as Python, Scala, and/or other frameworks, building data pipelines (ETL and ELT) with batch or streaming ingestion, loading and transforming data, and developing with big data technologies such as Spark, Hadoop, and MapReduce
• Experience building the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems
• Experience with Azure data stack such as ADF, Eventhub, Databricks in an Azure Kubernetes environment (AKS) is a plus
• Experience with NoSQL databases like Cassandra
• Strong background in SQL
• Experience with Graph data is a plus (Neo4j, Datastax, etc)
• Experience working with data warehousing stacks such as Snowflake, Delta Lake, or ADLS
• Experience implementing Customer Data Platform or MDM initiatives
• Demonstrated history of defining standards and best practices as well as mentoring developers
• Ability to work independently as well as function as an integral part of a team, take initiative and contribute in a fast-paced environment
• Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle (task management, source code, building, deployment, operations, real-time communication)
• Able to balance multiple projects concurrently and manage changes in scope along the way
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with vendors, business users, and executives, and the ability to communicate technical solutions in business terms
• Azure certification, at the associate level (Solutions Architect or Developer), or specialty (Big Data) is a strong advantage

Experience
• 6+ years of professional software development experience
• 3+ years of experience with architecture and design
• 3+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service
• 4+ years of experience in open source frameworks
• 1+ years of people management experience

Education
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience

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GEICO will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position

Annual Salary
$82,000.00 - $236,500.00
The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate's work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.

GEICO will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.

Benefits:

As an Associate, you'll enjoy our Total Rewards Program * to help secure your financial future and preserve your health and well-being, including:

• Premier Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance with no waiting period
• Paid Vacation, Sick and Parental Leave
• 401(k) Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Training and Licensures

*Benefits may be different by location. Benefit eligibility requirements vary and may include length of service.

Coverage begins on the date of hire. Must enroll in New Hire Benefits within 30 days of the date of hire for coverage to take effect.

The equal employment opportunity policy of the GEICO Companies provides for a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability or genetic information, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law. GEICO hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled.

GEICO reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to receive equal employment opportunity and/or perform the essential functions of the job, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship to the Company. This applies to all applicants and associates. GEICO also provides a work environment in which each associate is able to be productive and work to the best of their ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment. We expect and require the cooperation of all associates in maintaining an atmosphere free from discrimination and harassment with mutual respect by and for all associates and applicants.