Principal Data Engineer
Remote - CA
We are seeking a Principal Data Engineer to join our Data Platform team and lead the delivery of innovative platform capabilities and fit-for-purpose solutions to drive our business to $1B+ ARR. The ideal candidate will be a respected technology leader with a proven track record of designing, building and scaling enterprise-level data management and analytics platforms and solutions.
Reporting to the SVP, Engineering, you will be responsible for driving our platformâs multi-year data strategy, architecture and development. You will leverage knowledge of Workivaâs information, application, and infrastructure environment as well as the current technology landscape and our business strategy to design a holistic and optimized data platform. This includes AI-based products, insights and tools for external customers as well as business intelligence for internal business stakeholders. You will collaborate across all areas of the business to deliver market-leading solutions powered by data.
What Youâll Do
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Strategy
Develop a deep understanding of Workivaâs customer and market needsÂ
Partner with critical stakeholders to develop Workivaâs multi-year data platform strategy and roadmap
Define functional requirements and create logical & functional architectures including data ingestion, data transformation & structuring, data storage, business logic application, Workiva platform integration, and data visualization, intelligence & insights capabilities
Champion the best-fit technology stack to meet current and anticipated future business and platform needs
Execution
Design, architect, develop, deliver and scale data systems and platforms
Incorporate nonfunctional requirements of this data infrastructure including data quality, governance, lifecycle management, and compliance
Stand-up large-scale data management and processing systems
Design and develop data extraction and integration code modules for batch and incremental data flow from various data sources using new and existing patterns following industry best practices and an understanding of how it will fit in the greater Workiva ecosystem
Use new and existing tools and processes to deploy to integration and production environments
Work with Infrastructure Engineers and Release Management to develop and maintain the deploy processes
Define what the health of the data ecosystem should be; ensure complete monitoring of the system, defining alerts on critical failure points and improving data quality by working with data owners and business partners
Test software, validate data and write automated tests (unit, integration, functional, etc) and validate team members testsÂ
Work with internal/external customers to validate completeness and ensure correctness going forward
Lead the team in discovering emerging use cases, non standard access patterns and encryption requirements to lead industry standards âŚ
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