Principal, Data Engineer

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Smithfield, RItime type:
Full time posted on:
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February 24, 2026 (30+ days left to apply) job requisition :
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Job Description:

** Position Description**:

Develops innovative technical solutions to address business problems and executes the implementation plan. Designs applications or subsystems on major projects involving multiple platforms and supports a range of divisional initiatives. Develops software system testing and validation procedures, programming, and documentation for the project. Performs post-installation validation to identify and resolve technical problems. Prepares pipelines for deployment into the Cloud using Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) tools – GIT, Stash, Jenkins Core, and Terraform.

Defines architecture and design patterns for Cloud-enabled applications using Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Technology. Analyzes and recommends changes in project development policies, procedures, standards, and strategies to development, experts, and management.
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* Primary Responsibilities:

*** Participates in architecture design teams.
* Defines and implements application-level architecture.
* Develops applications on complex projects, components, and subsystems for the division.
* Recommends development testing tools and methodologies and reviews and validates test plans.
* Responsible for QA readiness of software deliverables.
* Develops comprehensive documentation for multiple applications or subsystems.
* Establishes full project life cycle plans for complex projects across multiple platforms.
* Responsible for meeting project goals on-time and on-budget.
* Advises on risk assessment and risk management strategies for projects.
* Plans and coordinates project schedules and assignments for multiple projects.
* Acts as a primary liaison for business units to resolve various project/technology issues.
* Provides technology solutions to daily issues and technical evaluation estimates on technology initiatives.
* Advises senior management on technical strategy.
* Mentors junior team members.
* Performs independent and complex technical and functional analysis for multiple projects supporting several divisional initiatives.
* Develops original and creative technical solutions to on-going development efforts.
** Education and Experience**:

Bachelor’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, Mathematics, Physics, or a closely related field and five (5) years of experience as a Principal, Data Engineer (or closely related occupation) developing data solutions with data lakes to support reporting and analytical needs in a financial services environment.

Or, alternatively, Master’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, Mathematics, Physics, or a closely related field and three (3) years of experience as a Principal, Data Engineer (or closely related occupation) developing data solutions with data lakes to support reporting and analytical needs in a financial services environment.
** Skills and Knowledge**:

Candidate must also possess:
* Demonstrated Expertise (“DE”) developing cloud native software applications for Reltio, to load data from multiple source systems, using Python; and implementing match and merger rules, defining data stewardship roles, and enhancing data quality through automated workflows.
* DE designing database features and migrating existing financial applications to the Cloud platform by applying transactional database concepts for real time processing, using Cockroach database; modeling data to solve complex data relationship in financial applications, using Neo4J; and developing Informatic workflows, stored procedures, and Snaplogic ETL for transformation.
* DE developing Python-based data ingestion application to load structured data from relational databases into a Cloud SaaS based Data Lake Platform (Snowflake), using AWS, Power BI, and Control-M.
* DE developing CI/CD pipelines in a hybrid…