Oracle · 1 day ago
Principal Data Engineer
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$97K/yr - $223K/yr
8+ years expOracle is a world leader in cloud solutions, seeking an experienced Principal Data Engineer to tackle complex business and technical challenges through data management and analysis. The role involves managing complex data pipelines and providing insights from large datasets while ensuring data quality and performance.
Data GovernanceData ManagementEnterprise SoftwareInformation TechnologySaaSSoftware
Responsibilities
Create Business insights from large structured or un-structured dataset
Define and implement business data ingestion and analysis requirements
Perform data modelling and integration activities in data warehouse systems
Coordinate with the business units to identify new data requirements, analysis strategies and reporting mechanisms
Recommend enhancements and modifications to optimize processes and performance. Develop and maintain metrics and monitoring to ensure data pipeline performance and reliability
Design, build, and maintain automated pipelines and transforms to enable our team to self-service 80% of data needs, allowing you to focus on answering hard and ambiguous problems
Write high-quality SQL queries to retrieve and analyze data from database tables (ex. Oracle, MySQL)
Build scalable data solutions; data sets, views, queries and scheduled processes
Troubleshoot code, research root causes, document solutions, and communicate to all stakeholders
Ensure data quality, integrity, and security across all data pipelines and systems. Support the development of business intelligence standards to meet business goals
Provide guidance and mentorship to junior data engineers, contributing to team knowledge and best practices
Keeps stakeholders informed about problems and resolutions. Deliver products on schedule and communicate updates regularly
Identify, track, and resolve data issues, working in partnership with other Data Engineers to ensure data is accurate, complete, delivered on-time and supports the needs of the business
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or higher degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or Engineering
8 to 14 years of relevant experience
Hands-on experience in SQL, Python scripting, Data Flows, Databricks notebooks, Spark, Kubernetes, TerraForm
Strong experience with Data Lakehouse architecture using Delta Lake for ACID transactions, schema evolution, and time travel
Knowledge of Delta Live Tables (DLT) and Medallion Architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold layers) for data curation
Solid understanding of software engineering principles - version control, modular design, CI/CD, and testing frameworks
Hands-on experience with Data Integration service in OCI or similar services like AWS Glue, Azure Data Factory, or Apache Airflow for orchestrating and automating data pipelines
Solid analytical, planning, and interpersonal skills with an ability to handle competing demands
Ability to effectively represent engineering perspectives to partner organizations, product teams, and executive leadership
Excellent oral and written communications skills and experience interacting with both business and Development/Engineering staff at all levels including the executive level
Preferred
Experience with cloud services, virtualization, or SaaS products
Maturity, judgment, negotiation/influence skills, analytical skills, and leadership skills
Self-driven problem solver; able to adapt and thrive in a dynamic, ambiguous, and customer-focused environment
Highly analytical, technically proficient, and able to learn new tools and software quickly
Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate (oral and written) at different levels in the org
Experience using agile software development practices and associated tooling
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
Short term disability and long term disability
Life insurance and AD&D
Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
11 paid holidays
Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
Paid parental leave
Adoption assistance
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Financial planning and group legal
Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance
Company
Oracle
Oracle is an integrated cloud application and platform services that sells a range of enterprise information technology solutions.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$25.75BKey Investors
Sequoia Capital
2025-09-24Post Ipo Debt· $18B
2025-02-03Post Ipo Debt· $7.75B
1986-03-12IPO
Leadership Team
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