Principle Data Engineering
HARMAN InternationalBase Salary
$125k - $184k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the technical design and delivery of complex, cross-domain data products using Azure Databricks and the enterprise data platform.
- Design scalable data pipelines, transformation architectures, data models, and integration patterns.
- Resolve complex engineering, performance, data quality, integration, dependency, and interoperability challenges.
- Lead engineers in applying software and data engineering practices, including automated testing, observability, code review, and deployment automation.
- Define reusable data engineering patterns, templates, standards, and golden paths with Platform Engineering.
- Provide technical guidance and mentoring while remaining hands-on with critical engineering work.
- Partner with architecture, Platform Engineering, security, MDM/Data Quality, Analytics, source-system, domain, and business teams.
- Implement data contracts, quality controls, lineage, metadata, security, access management, and operational requirements.
- Evaluate Databricks and data engineering capabilities for delivery, scalability, reliability, and cost improvements.
- Contribute to technical planning and estimation and identify engineering risks and dependencies.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in data engineering, software engineering, data architecture, data platforms, or related technical roles.
- Deep experience delivering production data solutions with Python, SQL, Spark/PySpark, and distributed data processing technologies.
- Strong experience with Azure Databricks or a comparable enterprise lakehouse platform.
- Strong understanding of lakehouse architecture, Delta Lake, data modeling, batch and streaming architectures, orchestration, and enterprise integration patterns.
- Demonstrated experience leading complex data engineering initiatives across multiple systems or teams.
- Strong experience with Git-based development, automated testing, deployment automation, and software engineering practices applied to data.
- Understanding of performance optimization, production support, observability, resiliency, and data pipeline reliability.
- Working knowledge of data governance, security, access management, metadata, lineage, and data quality.
- Ability to influence technical decisions, mentor engineers, and communicate clearly with technical and business stakeholders.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Preferred qualifications include Databricks professional-level certification or substantial enterprise Databricks experience.
- Preferred experience includes Unity Catalog, Databricks Workflows, Delta Lake optimization, Lakeflow, MLflow, Databricks Asset Bundles, Kafka, Azure Data Factory, dbt, APIs, event-driven architectures, high-volume streaming data, data mesh, data products, and complex enterprise data environments.
- Experience mentoring engineers and providing technical leadership across globally distributed teams is preferred.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement with the ability to work full-time remotely globally where the position can be performed outside a HARMAN or customer location.
- Collaboration with global teams across North America, Europe, and India, with flexibility in working hours when needed.
- Occasional travel may be required.
- Employee discounts on JBL, HARMAN Kardon, AKG, and other products.
- Extensive training through HARMAN University.
- Competitive wellness benefits.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Be Brilliant employee recognition and rewards program.
- Inclusive environment supporting professional and personal development.
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About HARMAN International
Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, HARMAN (harman.com) designs and engineers connected products and solutions for automakers, consumers, and enterprises worldwide, including connected car systems, audio and visual products, enterprise automation solutions; and services supporting the Internet of Things. With leading brands including AKG®, Harman Kardon®, Infinity®, JBL®, Lexicon®, Mark Levinson® and Revel®, HARMAN is admired by audiophiles, musicians and the entertainment venues where they perform around the world. More than 50 million automobiles on the road today are equipped with HARMAN audio and connected car systems. Our software services power billions of mobile devices and systems that are connected, integrated and secure across all platforms, from work and home to car and mobile. HARMAN has a workforce of approximately 30,000 people across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. In March 2017, HARMAN became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. HARMAN is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. Minorities, women, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. HARMAN offers a great work environment, challenging career opportunities, professional training and competitive compensation. Looking for a challenge where your experience is valued? Come see what you can achieve as a leader with HARMAN!