Principal Data Engineer - Technical Lead
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The Principal Data Engineer - Technical Lead is a critical leadership role within Bunge's Global IT organization. You will lead and inspire a team of talented data engineers responsible for building and maintaining Bunge's next-generation Data Platform. This platform will empower data-driven decision-making across the company, fueling innovation and operational efficiency in areas such as supply chain optimization, risk management, and market analysis. This role requires a strategic thinker with strong technical expertise and a passion for building high-performing teams. You will navigate the challenges of a complex global environment while capitalizing on opportunities to leverage cutting-edge technologies to transform Bunge's data landscape. On this role you will be also a hands-on technical person and a leader of a team of data engineers., * Provide mentorship, coaching, and career development guidance to a team of Data Engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to define and execute a long-term vision for Bunge's data platform, ensuring alignment with business objectives and industry best practices.
- Lead the design, development, and implementation of a scalable, secure, and reliable data platform, leveraging cloud technologies and modern data engineering principles.
- Implement and enforce data governance policies and procedures to maintain data accuracy, consistency, and compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Continuously monitor platform performance, identify areas for improvement, and implement optimization strategies to ensure high availability, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.
- Build strong relationships with business stakeholders, data scientists, and other IT teams to understand data needs and ensure the platform meets their requirements.
- Research and evaluate emerging technologies and trends in data engineering and platform development, recommending and implementing innovative solutions to enhance Bunge's data capabilities.
- Influences data strategy and operations across Bunge's global footprint.
- Directly impacts data-driven decision-making across all business units.
- Manages a team of Data Engineers.
- Be recognized as an external thought leader at Data Engineering and Lake-House architecture in Google Cloud.
- Help shape Data Platform roadmap and vision
- Influence the future direction of Bunge's data platform architecture.
- Lead the adoption of cutting-edge data technologies.
- Develop and mentor a high-performing engineering team.
- Ensure an excellence in the Data Platform operation at global scale
- Lead Data Strategy and Data Modeling in the Bunge Data Platform
- Leads technical discussion across other data Engineer to ensure best practices, approaches, and implementation.
- Contributes to talent management plans to support business strategies.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field. Master's degree preferred.
- 7+ years of experience in data engineering, with at least 3 years in a management role.
- Experience building and managing large-scale Data Platforms in a cloud environment.
- Proven ability to lead and develop high-performing engineering teams.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills.
- Cloud Platforms: GCP (Preferred), AWS or Azure
- Data Engineering Tools: Very strong and hands-on experience in Google Cloud Data Analytics: Big Query, DataStream, DataProc
- Skilled in SQL, Python, and DBT/DataForm
- Experience in complex event-driven data pipeline orchestrations.
- Data Warehousing and Data Lake Technologies: BigQuey (Preferred), Snowflake
- Data Governance and Security: Best practices and implementation in Cloud Environments
- Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC): Agile methodologies
- Experience in IaC in Data using Terraform