Principal Data Ops Engineer

MasterControl•Salt Lake City, UT

4d•$200,000 - $250,000

About The Position

About MasterControl: MasterControl Inc. is a leading provider of cloud-based quality and compliance software for life sciences and other regulated industries. Our mission is the same as that of our customers to bring life-changing products to more people sooner. The MasterControl Platform helps organizations digitize, automate and connect quality and compliance processes across the regulated product development life cycle. Over 1,000 companies worldwide rely on MasterControl solutions to achieve new levels of operational excellence across product development, clinical trials, regulatory affairs, quality management, supply chain, manufacturing and postmarket surveillance. For more information, visit www.mastercontrol.com . Summary MasterControl is looking for a Principal Engineer for our Data Platform Operations team. This role will provide technical leadership in designing and implementing scalable, robust, and efficient data infrastructure solutions that power our next generation of applications and agentic capabilities. As the Principal Engineer, you will provide technical vision and expertise for our cloud-based data and AIML systems and infrastructure, establish architectural standards, and ensure our data platform delivers operational excellence, reliability, performance, and scalability at scale. This position reports to the Sr Director of Data Platform within the Engineering organization.

Requirements

Expert knowledge of distributed data processing systems, data pipelines, and storage technologies
Deep expertise with AWS including S3, EC2, IAM, RDS, Kubernetes and container orchestration
Expertise with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation)
Strong background in continuous integration, deployment automation, and DevOps methodologies
Experience implementing comprehensive monitoring and alerting solutions
Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, and container orchestration patterns
Experience with both SQL and NoSQL databases
Familiarity with vector databases and embedding workflows, semantic search and hybrid search strategies.
Strong programming skills with experience in multiple modern languages
Understanding of experience implementing Data Security, Regulatory and Compliance best practices
BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering or related technical field
10+ years of large scale software development experience with at least 5+ years focused on data platforms and infrastructure
Demonstrated experience architecting and operating large-scale data processing systems
Experience designing highly available systems utilizing load balancing, horizontal scalability, and redundancy
Strong background in cloud architecture with extensive AWS implementation experience
Proven record of implementing Infrastructure as Code and automation solutions
Experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction across teams
Excellent collaboration, presentation and verbal and written communication skills

Responsibilities

Define and evolve architectural standards, patterns, and best practices for our data platform and infrastructure, ensuring alignment with broader engineering strategies
Drive technical decision-making through a systematic approach balancing business requirements, scalability, cost-efficiency, and operational excellence
Design and implement scalable data processing systems that handle complex workflows with high availability and fault tolerance to serve analytic and agentic consumers
Provide technical leadership for deployment and management of production-quality data systems, including monitoring, scaling, and performance optimization
Design scalable infrastructure as code approaches for data platform resource provisioning and management
Develop and maintain reference architectures and technical documentation that clearly communicate complex systems and data flows
Implement software engineering best practices for data management, including CI/CD, automation, version control, and testing
Partner with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions and architectural roadmaps using a data first approach
Evaluate and implement new technologies to enhance performance, maintainability, and reliability of our data systems
Mentor and develop team members through architectural guidance, code reviews, and knowledge sharing
Collaborate with security teams to establish and maintain robust data protection measures across all platform components

Benefits

Competitive compensation
100% medical premium coverage (yes, you read that right!)
401(k) plan with company match
Generous PTO packages that increase with tenure
Schedule flexibility
Fitness clubs (you get paid to have fun and be active!)
Company parties and employee recognition programs
Wellness programs (free Fitbit, gym membership and athletic shoe reimbursements, etc.)
Onsite physician and massage therapist
Innovation center and gaming rooms at the office
Dental/vision plans
Employer paid life insurance policy
Much, much more!