Principal Data Engineer Job at ZoomInfo (Remote US)

ZoomInfo is a go-to-market platform that combines B2B data with marketing and sales AI. We are seeking a highly experienced, hands-on Principal Data Engineer to define and evolve the architecture, engineering standards, and operating model for our enterprise data platform.

Key responsibilities

• Own the technical vision and architecture for scalable, resilient, and cost-effective data platforms and pipelines
• Design end-to-end data systems spanning batch and streaming ingestion, transformation, data modeling, storage, orchestration, serving layers
• Make and document high-quality architecture decisions, including tradeoffs involving performance, reliability, scalability, latency, security
• Define reusable architectural patterns for common data engineering challenges, including CDC, event-driven data flows, schema evolution
• Establish clear boundaries and interfaces between operational systems, data platforms, analytics layers, and downstream applications
• Lead technical design reviews for high-impact initiatives and provide clear, constructive direction on implementation approaches

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, platform engineering, or a related technical discipline
• 5+ years designing and operating large-scale data platforms, distributed data systems, or enterprise-grade data products
• Demonstrated expertise in end-to-end system design, including defining requirements, evaluating tradeoffs, designing resilient architectures
• Deep experience with modern data architecture concepts, such as lakehouse or warehouse platforms, batch and streaming processing, data modeling
• Strong proficiency in SQL and at least one general-purpose programming language, such as Python, Java, Scala, or similar
• Experience with distributed data processing frameworks and technologies such as Spark, Kafka, Flink, Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Redshift

Remote details

• Remote role in the United States
• Experience with distributed data processing frameworks and technologies such as Spark, Kafka, Flink, Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Redshift, or equivalent platforms
• Data Platforms: Snowflake, AWS, GCP, BigQuery, Redshift

Salary and benefits

US base salary $171,500 to $269,500 a year. ZoomInfo also offers benefits; the full list is on the posting.

How to apply

Apply on the company's own site.