Principal Data Engineer
Listed on 2025-12-01
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IT/Tech
Data Engineer, Cloud Computing
Principal Data Engineer – Shutterfly
Join us as a Principal Data Engineer at Shutterfly, leading the design and maintenance of data pipelines that integrate our data warehouse with marketing and customer engagement platforms.
What You’ll Do- Develop and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines in Python and SQL.
- Automate data workflows for accuracy, scalability, and timely delivery.
- Implement bi‑directional data flows between customer/campaign data and internal systems.
- Partner with marketing, analytics, and CRM teams to translate requirements into technical solutions.
- Monitor and troubleshoot pipelines to ensure data quality and reliability.
- Document processes, workflows, and schemas for knowledge sharing and long‑term maintainability.
- Ensure compliance with data governance, security, and privacy requirements.
- 7‑10 years of professional data engineering experience, ideally at high‑volume e‑commerce or transactional platforms.
- Expert level proficiency in Python for data scripting, automation, and API integrations.
- Strong SQL skills and experience with modern data warehouses (Redshift, Snowflake, Big Query, etc.).
- Hands‑on experience integrating internal systems with third‑party platforms.
- Familiarity with APIs, data pipelines, and workflow orchestration tools (Airflow, dbt, AWS Glue).
- Strong problem‑solving skills and ability to collaborate with technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
- Experience in cloud computing and/or AWS services (3+ years).
- BS in Computer Science or equivalent.
Location
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Fully remote, based in the US or Canada with a preference for Central and Eastern time zones.
Diversity & Inclusion – We welcome all applicants and evaluate them based on their qualifications, without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectionate or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, or other characteristic covered by law.
Employment type
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Full‑time
Seniority level
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Mid‑Senior level
We continuously accept applications until the position is filled.
Salaries by State
California: $134,750–190,750
Connecticut & New York: $134,750–174,750
Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota & Washington: $134,750–161,750
Nevada: $126,750–174,750
Maryland & New Jersey: $145,500–174,750
Hawaii: $126,750–142,250
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