Apptegy · 4 hours ago
Principal Data Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
10+ years expApptegy is a company dedicated to transforming how schools communicate and shape the future of education. As a Principal Data Engineer, you will define the technical vision for the data platform while guiding how data is used across the product suite, ensuring scalability and reliability.
Developer APIsEducationMobile Apps
Responsibilities
Define data architecture at scale
Set the end-to-end architectural vision for Apptegy’s data platform, spanning ingestion, transformation, storage, and consumption across batch and real-time systems
Drive major data platform initiatives and re-architecture efforts to support growth, new products, and increasing data volume and complexity
Define data contracts, ownership boundaries, and patterns that enable reliable, near-real-time data synchronization across services
Set expectations for data quality, lineage, observability, SLAs, privacy, and security, particularly for sensitive student and district data
Define approaches for entity resolution across core domains including Students, Staff, Guardians, and Organizations, incorporating matching strategies, survivorship rules, and auditability
Lead architecture discussions, document technical decisions, and guide technical direction without direct authority
Coach Staff and Senior Data Engineers, raising the bar for technical excellence and architectural thinking across the organization
Qualification
Required
10+ years of experience in data or software engineering with demonstrated impact at Staff or Principal scope
Proven experience defining and evolving data platform strategy in a cloud-native environment, preferably AWS
Deep expertise in event-driven and streaming architectures such as Kafka, Kinesis, or Pub/Sub alongside batch systems
Strong data architecture and modeling experience using lakehouse, medallion, data vault, or similar patterns
Demonstrated success operating production data systems with high reliability, scale, and clear SLAs
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence senior technical and business stakeholders
Preferred
Experience with B2B SaaS data platforms and multi-tenant architectures
Prior K-12, SIS, or education-related data experience
Hands-on experience designing and operating entity resolution systems
Strong observability practices for data systems including metrics, lineage, and data SLAs
Exposure to ML feature pipelines or near-real-time data products
Experience with Snowflake or other cloud data warehouses
Open-source contributions or community involvement
Benefits
Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage
Retirement 401(k) with employer match
Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
Mental Health Reimbursement
Unlimited paid time off, including seasonal (December) company-wide time off
Paid parental and medical leave
Company
Apptegy
Powering your school's identity. Our technology helps K12 leaders build a strong digital brand, without adding work to their teams.
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$19.98MKey Investors
Five Elms Capital
2019-03-22Series Unknown· $13.18M
2017-05-30Series A· $5.7M
2015-11-01Seed· $1.1M
Leadership Team
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Rasesh Patel
Chief Technology Officer
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