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# Principal Data Engineer

- **Company:** Career Movement
- **Location:** El Segundo, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $270,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Information Engineering, Python (Programming Language), SQL Databases, Data Streaming, Snowflake, Build Management, Apache Kafka
- **Published:** September 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.wayup.com/i-j-Principal-Data-Engineer-Career-Movement-611516944986091/

## About the Role

6+ years of hands-on data engineering experience
Strong current skills in SQL, Python, Kafka, and dbt
Real experience with streaming or event-driven pipelines
Medallion architecture experience

## Description

A high-growth consumer rewards and marketing insights company is looking for a principal data engineer to help rebuild its data platform from the ground up using Python, SQL, Snowflake, Kafka, Iceberg, and Trino.
This is a hands-on, individual contributor role with real architectural influence: you'll help design and build a modern lakehouse, stand up streaming pipelines that process tens of millions of events daily, and set the technical standards a growing data organization will run on for years.
What you'll do:
Design and build a next-generation data platform spanning batch, streaming, and event-driven pipelines
Lead the adoption of modern data lakehouse patterns and durable data contracts