Principal Data Engineer
Breakthru Beverage Group27 days ago
Chicago, IL, USA or Tampa, FL, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$110k - $140k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, build, maintain, and optimize scalable data pipelines and data products on AWS and Snowflake.
- Develop ELT/ETL processes using dbt, SQL, and Python for BI, analytics, and AI use cases.
- Design curated data models, data architectures, and ingestion frameworks for batch, API, CDC, streaming, and near real-time processing.
- Use AWS services including S3, Lambda, Glue, DynamoDB, and MWAA to build secure and resilient data solutions.
- Implement data quality checks, testing, validation controls, lineage, metadata management, observability, and AI data governance practices.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and improve production workflows, platform reliability, performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.
- Apply Git-based development, CI/CD, automated testing, code review, and infrastructure-as-code practices.
- Collaborate with BI, Analytics, AI/ML, Data Science, governance, and business stakeholders.
- Provide architectural guidance, establish engineering standards, influence technical direction, and mentor engineers.
- Leverage AI-assisted engineering and developer productivity tools to improve code quality, reliability, and delivery speed.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field.
- 8+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Software Engineering, or related technical roles.
- Strong expertise in SQL and complex, scalable data transformations.
- Proficiency in Python for data engineering, orchestration, and automation workflows.
- Hands-on experience designing and operating enterprise-grade data platforms on AWS and Snowflake.
- Experience with dbt or similar modern ELT/transformation frameworks.
- Experience building and optimizing production-grade batch and near real-time data pipelines.
- Strong understanding of dimensional modeling, curated data layers, and scalable data architecture patterns.
- Experience supporting analytics, AI/ML, and modern AI-driven applications with data solutions.
- Expertise with CI/CD, Git-based development workflows, automated testing, and infrastructure-as-code deployments.
- Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and performance optimization skills.
- Ability to work effectively in fast-paced, cross-functional enterprise environments.
- Preferred: experience with data observability and data quality tools, SAP data structures including S/4 and BDC data products, and large-scale enterprise environments.
Benefits
- Full-time position with a flexible hybrid schedule of two days per week in the office and three days working from home.
- Can be performed from any Breakthru Beverage office location.
- Corporate bonus opportunity of 20%.
- Equal opportunity employer with reasonable accommodation support during the employment process.
About Breakthru Beverage Group
Breakthru Beverage Group is a family-owned beverage wholesaler and broker distributing spirits, wine, beer, and non-alcoholic brands to retailers, bars, and restaurants across North America. It provides sales, marketing, and logistics services to suppliers, operating in 16 U.S. markets and as Canada’s largest broker, with annual sales exceeding $8 billion. Founded in 1922, the company is headquartered in Cicero, Illinois, and is privately held.