Job Url: https://www.remoterocketship.com/company/speridian/jobs/principal-engineer-data-platforms-united-states-remote Job Description: Speridian Technologies Website LinkedIn All Job Openings Speridian Technologies is a global IT solutions and consulting company that helps leading enterprises tackle their most significant challenges through innovative technology solutions and services. With over 20 years of experience and a diverse client base, Speridian specializes in various sectors, delivering services such as digital strategy, security consulting, application development, cloud modernization, and productivity tools. The company is focused on leveraging next-gen technologies like AI and cloud platforms to drive operational excellence and customer satisfaction in industries including banking, healthcare, retail, and manufacturing. Siebel CRM, Oracle SOA, Healthcare Solutions, Oracle Fusion • Enterprise Mobility Solutions for Smartphones and Tablets • Oracle Open UI, MDM, Application Integration • Systems Integration & Application Development • Infrastructure Management Services 1001 - 5000 employees Founded 2003 🔌 API 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 💳 Fintech Principal Engineer, Data Platforms 7 hours ago 🏄 California – Remote ⏰ Full Time 🔴 Lead 🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer AWS Azure Cloud Distributed Systems Google Cloud Platform Kafka Microservices Spark Apply Now Receive Emails with Similar Jobs Report problem 📋 Description • The Principal Engineer plays a strategic and hands-on leadership role in shaping the organization's architecture vision, with a strong emphasis on scalable data platforms and enterprise-wide technology alignment. • This role bridges business strategy with technical execution, ensuring that architectural decisions support long-term innovation, agility, and operational excellence. • Working closely with teams on collaboration and knowledge sharing initiatives, thereby creating a positive and engaging work environment where team members feel valued and motivated. • Define and communicate the enterprise architecture vision and roadmap aligned with business goals. • Drive standardization, interoperability, and modernization across systems and platforms. • Lead architecture governance processes, including architecture review boards and compliance standards. • Design and operate scalable, low-latency data platforms with strict uptime SLOs. • Architect cross-region, multi-cloud data solutions (AWS, GCP, Azure) with seamless mobility and replication. • Lead ML productization efforts including feature stores, online inference, and real-time feedback loops. • Provide hands-on technical leadership, mentoring development teams and growing Staff-level engineers. • Guide VP/C-suite stakeholders with business-first architecture narratives and strategic recommendations. • Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. • Define cloud-native architecture strategies and automation practices using DevOps and Platform-as-a-Product approaches. • Build reference implementations and prototypes to validate architectural patterns. • Establish integration architectures for real-time data sharing and business process automation. • Lead company-wide data governance automation: lineage-as-code, policy-based access control, and privacy-by-design frameworks. • Evaluate emerging technologies and contribute to open-source or internal platforms that become organizational standards. • Optimize technology portfolios and data systems for cost-efficiency and performance at scale. 🎯 Requirements • Proven experience in enterprise and data architecture, with a focus on distributed systems and cloud-native design. • Deep expertise in technologies such as Kafka, Spark/Flink, Iceberg/Delta, and columnar data warehouses. • Strong understanding of microservices, SOA, event-driven architecture, and DevOps practices. • Exceptional communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence across technical and executive levels. • We find intrinsic motivation to be a factor distinguishing successful candidates in this role 🏖️ Benefits • Purpose that matters • Teammates who care deeply • Work-life balance (no nights, weekends, or burnout) • Fully remote work