Principal Data Engineer

Summary

Join onXmaps as a Principal Data Engineer and design, build, and lead the next generation of data systems in Google Cloud. You will work with terabytes of data from thousands of sources, mentoring senior engineers and influencing engineering leadership. Excellent communication skills are essential to understand complex business needs and drive change across teams. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of data management at a growing company. The position is remote-friendly with various location options, including corporate offices and Basecamps. Competitive compensation and benefits are offered.

Requirements

• 12+ years of industry experience
• Strong understanding of various data engineering tools and patterns including ETL / ELT, batch processing, stream processing, event-driven architecture, Airflow, Spark, etc
• Experience with a variety of data storage including relational and non-relational databases such as PostgreSQL and Big Table, as well as flat file storage formats such as Parquet
• Experience and expertise with Go
• Experience and expertise processing data in a cloud environment. Google Cloud is used
• Effectively mentored or managed senior engineers leading to their success and yours
• A shared passion for, and the ability to demonstrate onX’s Company Values
• Permanent US work authorization is a condition of employment with onX
• Ability to travel quarterly for multiple days to a corporate office or other onX strategic location, such as a Basecamp

Responsibilities

• Develop and drive a technical roadmap that aligns with business opportunities by understanding the fundamentals of the business
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly and effectively, including goals and expectations, through excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Exhibit extremely high technical competency with distributed systems and data processing. Design and collaborate across teams, and be a strong contributor that leads by example. Regularly write and review code
• Demonstrate strong coaching skills for both code and technical architecture proposals
• Recommend process and tool improvements based on industry standards, patterns and practices, and direct experience
• Foster a “one team” culture through cross-functional collaboration and engineering alignment, contributing to best practices, reducing technical debt, and addressing operational inefficiencies
• Collaborate with engineering, design, and product management to plan and deliver large-scale features aligned with technical and product roadmaps
• Serve as a thought leader, drive large-scale transformations, represent the organization in industry forums, and provide long-term technical guidance
• Possess a visionary understanding of emerging technologies and expertise in aligning technology with business strategy. Be recognized as an influencer in the tech community
• Drive organization-wide initiatives, develop technical roadmaps, and recommend improvements to architecture, security, scalability, and performance
• Communicate project statuses, risks, and concerns to stakeholders and technical leadership, while managing stakeholder relationships effectively

Preferred Qualifications

• An interest and aptitude for Geospatial data and algorithms
• Strong knowledge and experience with GCP offerings like Big Table, Big Query, Data Flow, hosted Kubernetes, and Cloud SQL
• Expert with Postgres and the PostGIS extension
• Management experience and an interest in directly managing a small number of engineers

Benefits

• Competitive salaries, annual bonuses, equity, and opportunities for growth
• Comprehensive health benefits including a no-monthly-cost medical plan
• Parental leave plan of 5 or 13 weeks fully paid
• 401k matching at 100% for the first 3% you save and 50% from 3-5%
• Company-wide outdoor adventures and amazing outdoor industry perks
• Annual “Get Out, Get Active” funds to fuel your active lifestyle in and outside of the gym
• Flexible time away package that includes PTO, STO, VTO, quiet weeks, and floating holidays