Principal Software Engineer (Data)
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
$163,800 - $257,400/yearly
Staff
Full-Time
Top Benefits
Competitive salary and merit increases
Annual performance bonuses
Generous RSU equity awards
About the role
- We are seeking an experienced Principal Software Engineer (Data) to join our fast-paced, collaborative data team
- In this role, you will have broad authority to drive the direction of our technographic data services, building world-class data pipelines and systems to process billions of signals and data points
- This is an exciting opportunity to solve challenging problems and make a big impact as we invest in making technographics a first-class offering
- Build and optimize big data pipelines to extract and process signals from the web, job postings, and other sources
- Design and implement data architectures and storage solutions to efficiently handle massive data volumes
- Collaborate closely with data scientists to support and integrate ML models into data workflows
- Continuously improve data quality, performance, and scalability of our technographic data platform
- Drive technical strategy and roadmap for the data processing infrastructure
Benefits
- Benefits for the Best You - We want our employees and their families to thrive. In addition to comprehensive benefits we offer holistic mind, body and lifestyle programs designed for overall well-being
- Base Pay - We attract and retain the best talent with competitive compensation that aligns with industry benchmarks and merit programs yearly for promotions and salary increases based on performance, time in role, and position to market
- Bonus - When you crush it, we like to celebrate! Bonuses are awarded annually in connection with company and individual performance
- Equity - We offer each employee a generous equity award in the form of RSUs, so they can directly feel the results and success of their hard work
- Vacation & Time Off - We know everyone’s needs are different so we offer flexible paid time off plans including an unlimited vacation option for many employees
- Hybrid Working Model - We offer flexible hybrid remote working models to promote equity, employee wellness, and work life balance- Proven track record delivering results and driving projects in a fast-paced environment
- Deep expertise in big data frameworks (Hadoop, Spark) and the JVM stack (Java, Scala)
- Strong software engineering fundamentals and ability to write efficient, high-quality code
- Extensive experience building and scaling big data pipelines and architectures from scratch
- Experience with entity recognition and NLP techniques a plus
- Passion for leveraging huge datasets to power valuable insights
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills to work with data scientists, analysts and product teams
- Ideal Background:
- Experience working with very large datasets and distributed systems
- Familiarity building data pipelines at large tech companies or data-driven organizations
- Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related technical field
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering roles