Principal Engineer - Big Data Engineer

You Will:

• Lead the end-to-end system design and architecture for large, complex analytics systems, optimizing data transformations from our data lake in Snowflake into analytical data products (DWs).
• Define and drive the adoption of design standards, architectural principles, and data modeling methodologies (including Data Vault (DV 2.0) and dimensional modeling) across the organization.
• Propose and drive strategic initiatives and coordinate the technical roadmap for analytical systems across the engineering organization partnering closely with the Big Data Platforms (BDP) team.
• Serve as the data architect for critical SaaS business domains, including Go-To-Market, Marketing, Customer Experience, and Finance, translating ambiguous business problems into scalable technical analytical solutions.
• Develop and implement the organization's data strategy for data quality, observability, and testing, raising the bar for engineering quality.
• Architect and guide teams to build and maintain a governed, robust, reliable, and scalable analytics system leveraging Gen AI capabilities including AI-assisted code development practices.
• Act as a trusted advisor to BI analysts, data scientists, and business leaders, educating and advising leadership on technical data topics and data accessibility strategies.
• Foster data democratization via activation of data on critical platforms like Smartsheet Platform, Amplitude, ThoughtSpot, Gainsight & Salesforce.
• Actively mentor analytics engineers and provide mentorship across disciplines, leading forums such as guilds, design reviews, and engineering forums.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to assess data privacy needs and define data masking strategies aligned with industry compliance standards (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA).

You Have:

• 10+ years of experience in advanced data modeling, data architecture, and data warehousing. This role is expected to do development activities in combination of the data architecture scope, so hands-on experience is necessary.
• Deep expertise and 10+ years of hands-on experience with Data Vault (DV 2.0) and Dimensional Modeling.
• Expert-level knowledge of modern data stacks, including Snowflake, dbt, and data orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow, GitLab pipelines).
• Proven experience architecting and building analytical products for SaaS companies in GTM, Marketing, Customer Experience, and Financial data domains.
• Comprehensive understanding of data topologies (e.g., data mesh, hub/spoke) and data modeling methodologies (e.g., Data Vault, Kimball, Inmon).
• Demonstrated ability to drive clarity in ambiguous environments where the strategy may not be defined.
• Proven experience with building and maintaining business analytics layers and semantic layers to enable self-service for non-technical end-users.
• Strong production experience supporting and maintaining analytics/data warehouse solutions with mission-critical datasets.
• Exceptional communication skills, with experience educating and advising senior leadership and mentoring teams across disciplines.
• Strong knowledge of data governance principles, CI/CD practices (e.g., GitLab), self-serve analytics tools (e.g., Amplitude, ThoughtSpot), and cloud architectures (AWS preferred).

Get to Know Us:

At Smartsheet, your ideas are heard, your potential is supported, and your contributions have real impact. Youll have the freedom to explore, push boundaries, and grow beyond your role. We welcome diverse perspectives and nontraditional pathsbecause we know that impact comes from individuals who care deeply and challenge thoughtfully. When youre doing work that stretches you, excites you, and connects you to something bigger, thats magic at work. Lets build whats next, together.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Smartsheet is an Equal Opportunity (EEO) employer committed to fostering an inclusive environment with the best employees. It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants in accordance with applicable laws in the US, UK, Australia, Germany, Costa Rica, Japan, Bulgaria, and India. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.

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