Pacific Gas and Electric Company · 15 hours ago
Technical Lead, Principal
Oakland, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$155K/yr - $265K/yr
7+ years expPacific Gas and Electric Company is seeking a Principal Technical Lead for their Data Solutions Architecture Team. This role is responsible for setting technical direction, driving architectural excellence, and steering complex data and platform engineering initiatives across multiple product teams.
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Responsibilities
Define and drive the architecture strategy across multiple data products and platforms, ensuring alignment to enterprise standards and future state roadmaps
Provide technical feasibility assessments for complex, cross functional features, and guide teams with deep platform and domain expertise
Lead solution design for large cloud native data products, including data acquisition, storage, lineage, modeling, and platform integration patterns
Establish and evolve architectural patterns, nonfunctional requirements, and tech-debt strategies across product portfolios
Drive adoption of new technologies and champion enterprise-scale modernization efforts
Provide hands-on technical leadership to engineering teams, modeling best-in-class engineering practices
Oversee large-scale implementations, prototypes, and POCs - ensuring they are scalable, secure, and enterprise ready
Optimize complex system performance, troubleshoot advanced platform issues, and guide incident resolution strategies
Partner with security, cloud, and infrastructure teams to design and deliver highly reliable and compliant solutions
Influence senior leaders across IT and Lines of Business, shaping long-term technology direction and investment
Facilitate technical alignment across multiple product and platform teams
Communicate architectural vision to executives, technical staff, and business partners in clear, compelling terms
Build deep relationships across engineering, design, product, and operations to ensure a unified approach to data product delivery
Mentor and develop architects, senior engineers, and technical leads - elevating the overall technical maturity of the organization
Model a culture of quality, reliability, and engineering excellence
Foster a collaborative, empowered, and high-trust environment aligned with agile principles
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems or related field of study, or equivalent experience
7 years of related work experience
Preferred
5+ years of Technical Lead or Architecture experience delivering enterprise-scale systems in an Agile environment
Extensive experience designing and delivering solution architectures for complex data platforms and cloud-native systems (AWS preferred)
Proven track record leading architecture for multi-team or portfolio level technology initiatives
Broad technical background across cloud architecture, data engineering & data management, security & compliance, microservices & API design, ERP integration (e.g., SAP), and enterprise systems & infrastructure
Experience providing direction to multiple architects and technical leads, not just engineering teams
Experience in scaled agile product development environments with a strong understanding of scaled agile delivery principles
Strong communication, executive-level influence, and stakeholder management capabilities
Ability to build trust quickly and foster high-performing engineering culture
Benefits
PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs
Company
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, incorporated in California in 1905, is one of the largest combination natural gas and electric utilities in the United States.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$30.29BKey Investors
DOE Loan Programs OfficeUS Department of Energy
2024-12-17Post Ipo Debt· $15B
2024-12-02Post Ipo Debt· $2.35B
2024-09-24Grant· $34.5M
Leadership Team
Patricia Poppe
Chief Executive Officer, PG&E Corporation
Sumeet Singh
Chief Executive Officer at Pacific Gas and Electric Company and EVP, Energy Delivery
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