Principal Data Engineer

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8th Light

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2006

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

Consulting • Marketing • Software

8th Light is a software design and development company that specializes in creating tailored software solutions and AI applications for businesses. They emphasize collaboration with clients to align software strategies with business goals, ensuring the successful launch of products and services. In addition to custom software development, 8th Light provides consulting and support for scaling enterprise systems and integrating advanced AI technologies to address complex challenges.

📋 Description

• Own architecture and delivery for modern data platforms end-to-end • Shape client data strategy and design scalable solutions • Lead implementation efforts from design through production • Partner directly with client stakeholders from requirements gathering through executive updates • Mentor internal team members and ensure high-quality delivery • Balance technology choices pragmatically while delivering high-quality work within deadlines • Advise clients on architecture, scalability, and platform evolution, connecting technical decisions to business outcomes • Lead or initiate retrospectives and feedback conversations with teams and clients • Articulate and document outcomes and drive action items forward • Contribute to team health and 8th Light's culture by modeling company Values • Identify, mitigate, and resolve blockers to team progress • Contribute through mentoring, leading workshops, representing 8th Light in the tech community, or supporting hiring

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in software • 7+ years of experience in data engineering • Long-term repeated success delivering data platforms • Progression into technical leadership and architectural ownership • End-to-end ownership of modern data platform architecture and delivery • Deep expertise in Databricks and modern lakehouse architecture, including Delta Lake and Spark-based processing • Advanced SQL and Python skills for building and optimizing large-scale data pipelines • Hands-on experience with cloud platforms, data services, and infrastructure design • Strong data modeling, ETL/ELT patterns, and distributed data processing experience • Production experience with orchestration tools and transformation frameworks • Experience with client requirements gathering, solution design, and executive communication • Experience working with healthcare data such as Epic, HL7, FHIR, and claims • Experience with CI/CD, DevOps practices, and infrastructure-as-code tools • Experience mentoring internal team members • Strongly preferred: platform engineering, Kafka/Kinesis/Pub/Sub, production agentic systems including RAG and vector search, MLOps, and Infrastructure as Code

🏖️ Benefits

• A robust L&D program featuring unlimited access to thousands of books, courses, and expert-led training on the O'Reilly learning platform. • Annual financial stipend and time allotment for learning & development • Coworking support for our global team • Flexible PTO • 12 weeks of new parent leave available for eligible employees • Access to coworking spaces for team members outside hub cities • Remote-first work environment