Principal Software Engineer

Principal Software Engineer, Tech Lead – Data Platform Atlanta, GA Are you a senior Data Engineer / Data Platform leader who wants to shape the future of data and AI?We’re looking for a Principal Software Engineer / Tech Lead to take ownership of a next-generation AWS + Databricks data platform and help build the foundation for analytics, machine learning, and emerging AI/agentic applications. This is a high-impact, hands-on technical leadership role where you’ll influence architecture, establish engineering standards, mentor engineers, and work directly with teams across the business.🔹 What You'll OwnLead the architecture and evolution of a modern AWS/Databricks Lakehouse Design and deliver large-scale ELT/ETL pipelines Establish standards for batch, streaming, ML, and AI workloads Drive data governance, security, lineage, and access controls Improve Spark/SQL performance, reliability, scalability, and cloud costs Lead Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD practices Partner with analysts, engineers, ML teams, product, and business stakeholders Help build an AI-ready data foundation, including semantic layers, feature stores, and data ontology Mentor engineers and provide technical direction across the organization🔹 What We're Looking For 7+ years in data engineering, data platforms, or related engineering roles 2+ years as a technical lead, architect, principal engineer, or senior technical owner Deep, hands-on Databricks + AWS experience Strong Spark/PySpark + SQL expertise Production experience designing and operating Lakehouse architectures Experience with Delta Lake or similar open table formats Strong Infrastructure as Code experience, particularly Terraform Experience with data governance, security, and access management Ability to lead architecture while remaining technically hands-onExcellent communication skills and the ability to work with both technical and non-technical stakeholders