Stable Kernel
Principal Data Engineer
Atlanta, GA · Principal · Full-time
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 8 days ago
PythonJavaGoC#SnowflakeAWSCloud PlatformsTerraformCI/CDPandasSparkdbtData EngineeringProduct ManagementProduct StrategyStakeholder ManagementUnityLeadershipProblem SolvingMentoring
About the role
- As a Stable Kernel Principal Data Engineer, you play an essential role in setting our portfolio of world-class clients up for success through the development and delivery of their most innovative, transformational initiatives.
- Your knowledgeable practice, reliability, and consultative nature make you an engineer that stakeholders and teammates trust.
- Principal Data Engineers may be classified as individual contributors or people managers with individual contributor responsibilities.
Responsibilities
- Influencing the entire organization to make changes to support your work.
- helping develop career paths for team members
- Mentoring and developing other leaders within the team, fostering a culture of innovation, and contributing significantly to organizational goals.
- Apply modern software engineering principles to deliver production-quality, maintainable, testable, and observable code.
Requirements
- 10+ years of development experience.
- Degree in Computer Science or relevant field or experience.
- Familiarity with Apache Iceberg for managing large-scale analytical datasets.
- Experience orchestrating complex workflows using AWS Step Functions.
- Knowledge of Slowly Changing Dimensions (SCD) and Change Data Capture (CDC) patterns for modern data architectures.
- Experience with data governance and cataloging platforms such as Unity Catalog, AWS DataZone, Apache Atlas, or dbt metadata.
- Familiarity with columnar data formats including Parquet, ORC, and Avro for optimized analytical workloads.
- Architect and deliver scalable data platforms using Python, with proficiency in at least one additional language such as Go, Java, C#, or Scala.
Skills
- Automate cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Pulumi, or similar technologies.
Compensation
- $3000+ annual industry educational budget
- Our generous total compensation package includes:
Benefits
- Setting standards for codebase health and promoting best practices throughout the organization.
- Exhibiting exceptional mentoring abilities and fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement by
- Company-subsidized health, vision, and dental plan premium options beginning on the first day of employment
- Fully paid Group Life, Short and Long Term Disability, and AD&D insurance
- Optional Flexible Spending Account and Health Savings Account participation
- EAP and Health Advocacy program available at no cost to employees and their dependents
- Paid time off and paid holidays Access to Perks at Work program featuring a variety of discounted products and services
- we are dedicated to life-long learning and sharing
Company info
- Stable Kernel is a technology services firm and custom software developer building scalable software solutions for cutting-edge, innovative enterprises to move their business forward.
- We are headquartered in Atlanta, GA.
- We're a privately held, Great Place to Work Certified Company™ with a multi-award-winning culture and an impressive 10-plus-year trajectory of sustainable growth.
- At Stable Kernel, we support our employees in ways that help them do some of the best work of their lives.
- Clarifying strategic outcomes and influencing roadmaps and projects.
- Identifying, suggesting, and driving improvements in your customers' end-to-end experience.
- Aiding in estimating work for new business with more unknowns and coaching others in estimation best practices.
- Coordinating across the entire company.
- Advising teams across the company.
Visa & Work Authorization
- If you are currently in possession of an employment visa, it will need to be effective for at least 3 years from the date of your application for your candidacy for employment to be considered.
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