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DigiCert · 2 hours ago

Principal Data Engineer

DigiCert is a leading global security authority that provides trusted encryption solutions for major ecommerce brands and companies. The Principal Data Engineer will architect and design distributed data processing systems, focusing on modularity, reusability, and fault tolerance, while collaborating with various teams to enhance the data platform and support new analytics and machine learning use cases.

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Responsibilities

Architect and contribute to the design of distributed data processing systems, focusing on modularity, reusability, and fault tolerance
Collaborate on design reviews and provide input into architectural decisions to help evolve the data platform and support new analytics and machine learning (ML) use cases
Develop framework-level components for data quality, observability, and recovery, enabling self-service capabilities across teams
Standardize and implement patterns for incremental data processing, ensuring consistency, idempotency, and scalability
Design and implement schema evolution strategies, metadata-driven processing, and lineage tracking to support auditability and regulatory requirements
Optimize data storage formats, partitioning strategies, and compute resource utilization for cost-effective performance at scale
Contribute to the technical roadmap by evaluating new technologies and proposing architectural improvements aligned with long-term platform goals
Collaborate with product, compliance, and platform teams to design reusable data interfaces and contract-driven ingestion frameworks

Qualification

Data pipeline designBig data toolsWorkflow managementPython programmingContinuous integrationMonitoring dashboardsChange data captureRoot cause analysisMessage queuing

Required

Bachelor's degree or U.S. equivalent in Computer Science, Statistics, Informatics, Information Systems, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field
5 years of professional experience as a Data Engineer, Data Platform Engineer, Machine Learning Engineer, or any occupation/position/job title working in hybrid deployments
4 years of professional experience designing, building and optimizing large scale data pipelines
4 years of professional experience utilizing big data tools including Spark, Kafka, PySpark, and Databricks
4 years of professional experience utilizing pipeline and workflow management tools including Airflow
4 years of professional experience working with stream-processing systems including Spark-streaming
4 years of professional experience working with object-oriented and object function scripting languages including Python
4 years of professional experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) including Jenkins
4 years of professional experience building monitoring dashboards including Grafana
4 years of professional experience performing change data capture (CDC) streaming for NoSQL databases
4 years of professional experience performing root cause analysis and processes to answer business questions and identify opportunities for improvement
4 years of professional experience with message queuing, stream processing, and high scalable data stores

Benefits

Competitive benefits package
Employee Referral Program

Company

DigiCert

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DigiCert is a technology company focused on digital security.

H1B Sponsorship

DigiCert has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (12)
2024 (8)
2023 (13)
2022 (10)
2021 (13)
2020 (7)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$9.3M
Key Investors
Runway Growth CapitalCrosspoint Capital Partners
2025-10-09Debt Financing· $9.3M
2021-12-14Private Equity
2019-07-10Private Equity

Leadership Team

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Amit Sinha
Chief Executive Officer
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Jugnu Bhatia
Chief Financial Officer
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