Dutch Bros Coffee · 16 hours ago
Principal Engineer - Data Platforms
Tempe, AZ
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
15+ years expDutch Bros Coffee is a fun-loving company that makes a difference one cup at a time. The Principal Engineer in the Enterprise Data Platform will lead the modernization and optimization of the foundational data ecosystem, designing scalable infrastructure for analytics and AI-driven workflows.
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Responsibilities
Define the long-term technical architecture for the Enterprise Data Platform, translating business strategy into scalable Data Mesh and domain-oriented specifications
Implement automated CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to foster a unified engineering culture across disciplines
Design robust APIs that enable seamless data consumption across operations, finance, and product teams
Lead the integration of AI-assisted development (Cursor, MCP, Copilot) to accelerate developer velocity and reduce cognitive load
Scale LLM-driven code generation for AWS data pipelines, including automated test creation, documentation, and semantic schema generation
Leverage Amazon Bedrock, Snowflake Cortex, and AI-enabled IDEs to optimize the data lifecycle and reduce delivery lead times
Build resilient ELT/ETL pipelines utilizing S3, Lambda, Glue, dbt, and Airflow (MWAA)
Establish data quality, observability, lineage, and SLAs as core, first-class features of the data platform
Standardize enterprise-wide schema design, modeling patterns, and deployment workflows
Design and productionize end-to-end ML infrastructure, including feature stores, model experimentation frameworks, and deployment monitoring
Build optimized ETL/ELT workflows for training data and model deployment leveraging Snowflake ML (Snowpark) and Amazon SageMaker
Enforce high standards for code quality through rigorous PR reviews, unit testing, and automated schema validation within CI/CD pipelines
Architect SRE-focused resiliency frameworks and self-healing systems to ensure 99.9% availability for critical data pipelines
Partner with Data Science, Product, and Platform teams to align on performance, compliance, and feature engineering
Mentor Senior and Lead engineers through design reviews, RFCs, and pair programming to elevate the organization's technical bar
Lead the design and POC of Graph RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) architectures, enabling LLM agents to query structured Snowflake data via Knowledge Graphs
Apply knowledge of open-source Knowledge Graph solutions to create advanced patterns for semantic data retrieval
Coordinate project testing, deployment, and post-implementation activities, ensuring successful project delivery and that lessons learned are applied to future projects
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
15+ years of software engineering experience, with a minimum of 10 years specializing in backend distributed systems or data infrastructure at scale
Expert-level Python and SQL proficiency (10+ years) rooted in a career of building production-grade software
Proven track record of designing large-scale data platforms with a deep understanding of CAP theorem, eventual consistency, and the trade-offs between batch and streaming architectures
Hands-on mastery of Snowflake (internals and clustering), dbt (macro design and Jinja), Airflow (scheduler internals), and Power BI (Import vs. Live connection)
Comprehensive knowledge of AWS services, including IAM, VPC, Glue, S3, SFTP, Lambda, CloudWatch, and SNS
Experience implementing Gitlab CI/CD and DataDog for robust system monitoring and alerting
Ability to design RAG architectures, manage vector databases, and integrate LLMs into complex data pipelines
Skilled in writing persuasive RFCs and ADRs that drive consensus among architects and engineering leadership
Proven ability to influence technical strategy and facilitate cross-functional alignment across organizational levels without direct managerial authority
Company
Dutch Bros Coffee
Dutch Bros is a high-growth operator and franchisor of drive-thru shops that focus on serving hand-crafted beverages.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.18BKey Investors
TSG Consumer Partners
2025-05-29Post Ipo Debt· $650M
2024-02-27Post Ipo Secondary· $232.4M
2023-09-06Post Ipo Equity· $300M
Leadership Team
Christine Barone
CEO and President, Board Member
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Dane Boersma
Co-Founder
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