Dragos, Inc. · 1 week ago
Technical Lead, Principal Data Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$225K/yr - $225K/yr
10+ years expDragos, Inc. is on a mission to defend industrial organizations with best-in-class technology and services in ICS/OT Cybersecurity. The Technical Lead, Principal Data Engineer will lead cross-functional product teams to set technical strategy, drive architectural decisions, and modernize core data systems while remaining hands-on with coding and reviews.
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Responsibilities
Lead cross-functional efforts to modernize and improve core data systems
Align priorities and sequencing with leadership and product teams
Set technical direction and ensure clear designs before implementation
Define and maintain sustainable data contracts used across teams
Build scalable, secure data pipelines across cloud and on-prem environments
Deliver real-time data processing capabilities through iterative, production-safe changes
Support customer-facing features by collaborating directly with product engineering teams
Develop shared tooling for observability, lineage, and configuration validation
Stay hands-on through coding and reviews to keep decisions grounded
Identify risks early, prevent technical issues from escalating, and maintain delivery stability
Communicate clearly in architecture discussions and design reviews
Qualification
Required
10+ years of data engineering experience
Architecture expertise creating scalable systems, designing efficient data storage and processing systems
Expertise in data modeling including incremental models, dimensional models, network topologies and graph structures
Cross-functional communication skills
Skilled in implementing data observability frameworks, designing robust data contracts, and optimizing data structures for performance and scalability
Software development skills in Rust, Go, JVM-family, Python, and/or Node.js
Experience with medium-to-large scale datasets, particularly cybersecurity or industrial data
Knowledge of integrating cloud and on-prem technologies with Kubernetes and Docker
Experience with message queues and deployable stream processing infrastructure
Domain familiarity with cybersecurity threat detection, threat intelligence, or ICS/OT operations
Demonstrated ability to drive technical direction through clear, well-reasoned architectural decisions
Hands on engineering experience that grounds decisions in practical implementation details
Experience breaking down complex efforts into iterative, production safe deliverables and identifying risks early in the process
Benefits
Competitive Equity Package
Comprehensive Benefits Plan
Company
Dragos, Inc.
Dragos provides the most effective OT cybersecurity technology for industrial and critical infrastructure to deliver on our global mission: to safeguard civilization.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$438.2MKey Investors
WestCapCanaan PartnersDataTribe
2023-09-18Series D· $74M
2021-10-28Series D· $200M
2020-12-08Series C· $110M
Leadership Team
Robert Lee
Chief Executive Officer and Founder
Kurt Gaudette
Senior Vice President, Intelligence & Services
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