IT Technical Lead, Principal

Qualcomm • San Diego, CA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Technical lead will play a critical role in shaping the future of our data capabilities as part of strategic and critical Enterprise Data Transformation (EDT) program. We're seeking a visionary, hands-on leader to drive the building out of a modern enterprise-wide lake house with scalable, reliable and business intuitive data architecture for supporting self-service capabilities across Data & Analytics solutions.
This role requires full-time onsite work in San Diego, CA (5 days per week).

Requirements

• 7+ years of IT-related work experience with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems or a related field. OR 9+ years of IT-related work experience without a Bachelor’s degree.
• 5+ years of work experience with programming (e.g., Java, Python).
• 3+ years of work experience with SQL or NoSQL Databases.
• 3+ years of work experience with Data Structures and algorithms.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 12+ years of experience in data management, data engineering, or data science roles, with at least 7 years in building enterprise level data models as part of data modernization and DW migration efforts.
• Strong understanding and hands-on experience with Lakehouse medallion data architecture and governance
• Proven implementation experience with migrating legacy DW data models to 3-layer medallion architecture.
• Strong passion in exploring GenAI based solutions for documenting the existing DW footprint and build out strategic data model for Databricks platform
• Excellent leadership, communication, and collaboration skills in a global hybrid delivery model
• Strong problem-solving skills with strategic thought process and self-initiative and proactive soft skills

Nice To Haves

• 14+ years of IT-related work experience in Data and Analytics domain with a Bachelor's degree.
• 7+ years of enterprise data modelling experience.
• 3+ years of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership, leading modernization of Data platforms.
• Strong functional knowledge across Sales, Marketing, Customer Support, Supply Chain, Finance and other corporate functions.
• Deep hands-on technical understanding in building complex data models for supporting various analytics needs
• Comfortable in working with cross-functional teams such as Data Engineering, Analytics, SMEs and Business stakeholders - Passion to understand complex existing footprint of data solutions and build out the strategy for migrating to Databricks medallion architecture
• Accountability and Ownership of the delivery in driving the projects to completion
• Experience with machine learning, artificial intelligence, and predictive analytics is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Vision and Strategy: Define and lead the vision, strategy, roadmap for data platforms (data lakes, warehouses, governance, data quality, observability etc.), aligning with business objectives and technological advancements to enable data platforms as the strategic enabler for AI
• Performance & Cost Management: Monitor and tune compute resources, implementing strategies like Z-ordering, partitioning, and autoscaling to balance high performance with cost-efficiency.
• Governance & Security: Enforce data governance policies, access controls, and compliance using tools like Unity Catalog or AWS Lake Formation.
• Technical Leadership: Mentor engineering teams, conduct code reviews, and drive engineering excellence through CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Serve as the primary liaison between business units and technical teams to translate business requirements into technical roadmaps.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal