Senior Principal Data Engineer
Gen Digital7 months ago
Pune, India or Chennai, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Lead complex cross-team data engineering projects and help set the technical vision for the team.
- Architect systems within the team’s domain and independently solve complex business problems through technical projects.
- Own multiple areas of the codebase or services and lead evaluation and implementation of new technologies.
- Build, deploy, and maintain high-quality production data systems while following established engineering processes.
- Collaborate across the Data Engineering organization and with external stakeholders.
- Mentor IC7 and IC8 engineers on processes, technical knowledge, and execution quality.
- Conduct code reviews, author RFCs or technical specifications, and contribute to architecture and engineering standards.
- Develop with expert proficiency in at least one of SQL or Python while maintaining strong proficiency in the other.
- Meet stated expectations for pull requests, code reviews, documentation, meeting efficiency, and production deployments.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Data Engineering, or a related technical field; a master’s degree is preferred.
- 6–10 years of hands-on data engineering experience in large-scale, high-volume environments.
- Expert proficiency in at least one of SQL or Python and strong understanding of the other.
- Extensive experience with Snowflake architecture, optimization, and performance tuning.
- Experience building Kimball dimensional data warehouses and star schema architectures.
- Strong AWS cloud infrastructure experience focused on data operations.
- Production experience with DBT or SQL Mesh for data transformation workflows.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, GitFlow or trunk-based development, and data governance frameworks.
- Knowledge of GDPR and PCI-DSS compliance requirements for data systems.
- Ability to independently architect systems within a team domain.
- Experience with Apache Kafka, event-driven architectures, and real-time analytics pipelines.
- Familiarity with Apache Iceberg, lakehouse architectures, and modern table formats.
- Experience with data warehouse performance tuning and cost optimization.
- Experience with subscription analytics such as cohort analysis, LTV calculations, churn prediction, or marketing attribution.
- Experience in cybersecurity, ad-tech, fintech, or similar high-volume industries.
- Experience building feature usage analytics, behavioral analysis, or executive reporting systems.
- Ability to provide significant technical leadership, mentor engineers, and solve complex data challenges.
Benefits
- Flexible working options, time off, competitive pay, benefits, and well-being programs.
- Inclusive equal-opportunity workplace with opportunities for technical growth and continuous learning.
Tech Stack
Categories
Data Engineering
About Gen Digital
Gen Digital is a public consumer cyber safety company that sells subscription software and services for cybersecurity, online privacy, and identity protection under brands including Norton, Avast, LifeLock, Avira, AVG, CCleaner, and ReputationDefender. Formed in 2022 by the merger of NortonLifeLock and Avast, it is headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, and serves more than 150 countries with a user base approaching 500 million. Revenue comes primarily from direct-to-consumer subscriptions and partnerships.