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# Principal Data Engineer

- **Company:** ENERGYHUB, INC
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $180,000.0 - $220,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Geographic Information Systems, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Airflow, Amazon S3, Automation of Tests, Continuous Integration, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Warehousing, Programming Tools, Monitoring of Systems, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Meter Data Management (Flow Meters), MongoDB, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Data Streaming, Tableau (Software), Utility Software, Enterprise Software Applications, Snowflake, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** August 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/main/sendform/8/8/28176/1/17861311?backUrl=%2Fcareer%2F17861311%2FPrincipal-Data-Engineer

## About the Role

* 10+ years professional software development experience
 * Python and SQL (of any flavor) experience required
 * Experience building out data pipelines and ELT / ETL systems
 * Comfortable leading system design and architecture
 * Experience with data warehouses (we use Snowflake) and data modeling

Preferred Skills and Experience:

 * Designing and building data pipelines within an electric utility
 * Familiar with tools and technologies like airflow, dbt, AWS kinesis, S3
 * Typical development tools and processes (automated testing, continuous integration/deployment, monitoring systems)
 * Java or MongoDB
 * Sigma, Tableau or similar BI tools

Please note that sponsorship of new applicants for employment authorization, or any other immigration-related support, is not available for this position at this time.

## Description

* Design and implement software solutions that turn millions of electric vehicles, smart thermostats, batteries, and other energy IoT devices into resources that help create a cleaner and more resilient grid
 * Design and implement systems for ingesting and managing data from core utility software systems, such as meter data management systems, geographic information systems, advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), EMS/SCADA and others
 * Operate almost completely independently to find potential solutions, design them, identify roadblocks and challenges, and parcel out the work to senior engineers on various different teams
 * Build influence across teams and across functions to take on initiatives that impact the whole company, chart out the relevant dependencies and tradeoffs, and help teams execute on the shared roadmap you build
 * Develop new ways of connecting our systems to energy markets and the systems that balance the electric grid
 * Develop APIs and tools that enable hardware manufacturers and third-party enterprise software systems to integrate with our platform
 * Collaborate with our analytics and machine learning teams to deliver new data insights and optimize our virtual power plants
 * Improve the scale, automation, and reliability of our massive pipeline of device telemetry, energy, and weather data
 * Introduce and devise tools, techniques, and best practices that benefit the entire team
 * React to and resolve novel technical, operational, and organizational challenges
 * Contribute to our team culture and inclusive environment
 * Mentor early career engineers and more senior engineers on the teams you interact with, In connection with your application, we collect information that identifies, reasonably relates to or describes you ("Personal Information"). The categories of Personal Information that we may collect include your name, government-issued identification number(s), email address, mailing address, other contact information, emergency contact information, employment history, educational history, and demographic information. We collect and use those categories of Personal Information about you for human resources and other business management purposes, including identifying and evaluating you as a candidate for potential or future employment or future positions, recordkeeping in relation to recruiting and hiring, conducting analytics, and ensuring compliance with applicable legal requirements and Company policies. By submitting your application, you acknowledge that we may retain some of the personal data that you provide in your application for our internal operations such
as managing our recruitment system and ensuring that we comply with labor laws and regulations even after we have made our employment decision.

Notice To Third Party Agencies:

EnergyHub understands the value of professional recruiting services. However, we are not accepting resumes from recruiters or employment agencies for this position. In the event we receive a resume or candidate referral for this position from a third-party recruiter or agency without a previously signed agreement, we reserve the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to you.


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