Principal Software Engineer
About The Position
Works in the area of Software Engineering which encompasses the development maintenance and optimization of software solutions and applications. Applies scientific methods to analyse and solve software engineering problems. He or she is responsible for the development and application of software engineering practice and knowledge in research design development and maintenance. He or she work requires the exercise of original thought and judgement and the ability to supervise the technical and administrative work of other software engineers. The software engineer builds skills and expertise of his or her software engineering discipline to reach standard software engineer skills expectations for the applicable role as defined in Professional Communities. The software engineer collaborates and acts as team player with other software engineers and stakeholders.
Requirements
- At least four years of experience designing and delivering data engineering solutions with Databricks
- Ability to independently define and deploy an end to end data architecture that includes Databricks medallion architecture
- Experience leading large teams of engineers and developers to deploy Databricks solutions
- Expert level hands on development knowledge in PySpark/Python
- Expert level hands on SQL development skills
- Hands on cloud platform experience in two of the following cloud platforms: Azure, AWS, Google Cloud
- Prior expertise deploying Delta Lake Solutions into production
- Experience extracting value from large and complex sets of data from various sources and databases
- Solid grasp of database engineering and design principles
- Background working with orchestration tools, such as Airflow
- Strong knowledge of Unity Catalog
- Experienced in managing senior client stakeholders
- Delta Sharing and Marketplace Expertise
- Experience working with Databricks Apps
- Working knowledge of Databricks Genie, AI/BI and Databricks Data Visualization Capabilities
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with CI/CD methods desired
- Past or current experience with an ETL tools such as Infomatica, Talend, Matillion desired
Responsibilities
- Applies scientific methods to analyse and solve software engineering problems.
- Responsible for the development and application of software engineering practice and knowledge in research design development and maintenance.
- Requires the exercise of original thought and judgement and the ability to supervise the technical and administrative work of other software engineers.
- Builds skills and expertise of his or her software engineering discipline to reach standard software engineer skills expectations for the applicable role as defined in Professional Communities.
- Collaborates and acts as team player with other software engineers and stakeholders.
- Has very deep understanding of software development principles and technical proficiency.
- Masters all phases of the software development lifecycle and drives innovation and industrialization.
- Works on highly complex tasks and problems and drives technical decisions at a high level.
- Exhibits thought leadership in the market.
- Builds, educates and integrates effective teams.
- Focuses on developing long term partnerships with clients.
- Takes full responsibility for outcomes.
- Has strong understanding of contractual, financial and technical considerations.
- Exhibits strong commercial management skills.
- Takes a high degree of responsibility and ownership of people issues.
Benefits
- Paid time off based on employee grade (A-F), defined by policy: Vacation: 12-25 days, depending on grade
- Company paid holidays
- Personal Days
- Sick Leave
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage (or provincial healthcare coordination in Canada)
- Retirement savings plans (e.g., 401(k) in the U.S., RRSP in Canada)
- Life and disability insurance
- Employee assistance programs
- Other benefits as provided by local policy and eligibility
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
