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Worth AI

Principal Data Engineer

Miami , United States
full-time Remote

AI overview

Lead the design and implementation of scalable data architecture, ensuring data quality and governance while enabling ML and analytics capabilities across the organization.

Worth AI, a leader in the computer software industry, is looking for a talented and experienced Principal Data Engineer to join their innovative team. At Worth AI, we are on a mission to revolutionize decision-making with the power of artificial intelligence while fostering an environment of collaboration, and adaptability, aiming to make a meaningful impact in the tech landscape.. Our team values include extreme ownership, one team and creating reaving fans both for our employees and customers.

Worth is looking for a Principal Data Engineer to own the company-wide data architecture and platform. Design and scale reliable batch/streaming pipelines, institute data quality and governance, and enable analytics/ML with secure, cost-efficient systems. Partner with engineering, product, analytics, and security to turn business needs into durable data products.

Responsibilities

What you will do:

  • Architecture & Strategy
    • Define end-to-end data architecture (lake/lakehouse/warehouse, batch/streaming, CDC, metadata).
    • Set standards for schemas, contracts, orchestration, storage layers, and semantic/metrics models.
    • Publish roadmaps, ADRs/RFCs, and “north star” target states; guide build vs. buy decisions.
  • Platform & Pipelines
    • Design and build scalable, observable ELT/ETL and event pipelines.
    • Establish ingestion patterns (CDC, file, API, message bus) and schema-evolution policies.
    • Provide self-service tooling for analysts/scientists (dbt, notebooks, catalogs, feature stores).
    • Ensure workflow reliability (idempotency, retries, backfills, SLAs).
  • Data Quality & Governance
    • Define dataset SLAs/SLOs, freshness, lineage, and data certification tiers.
    • Enforce contracts and validation tests; deploy anomaly detection and incident runbooks.
    • Partner with governance on cataloging, PII handling, retention, and access policies.
  • Reliability, Performance & Cost
    • Lead capacity planning, partitioning/clustering, and query optimization.
    • Introduce SRE-style practices for data (error budgets, postmortems).
    • Drive FinOps for storage/compute; monitor and reduce cost per TB/query/job.
  • Security & Compliance
    • Implement encryption, tokenization, and row/column-level security; manage secrets and audits.
    • Align with SOC 2 and privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR/CCPA; HIPAA if applicable).
  • ML & Analytics Enablement
    • Deliver versioned, documented datasets/features for BI and ML.
    • Operationalize training/serving data flows, drift signals, and feature-store governance.
    • Build and maintain the semantic layer and metrics consistency for experimentation/BI.
  • Leadership & Collaboration
    • Provide technical leadership across squads; mentor senior/staff engineers.
    • Run design reviews and drive consensus on complex trade-offs.
    • Translate business goals into data products with product/analytics leaders.

Requirements

    • 10+ years in data engineering (including 3+ years as staff/principal or equivalent scope).
    • Proven leadership of company-wide data architecture and platform initiatives.
    • Deep experience with at least one cloud (AWS) and a modern warehouse or lakehouse (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift, Databricks).
    • Strong SQL and one programming language (Python or Scala/Java).
    • Orchestration (Airflow/Dagster/Prefect), transformations (dbt or equivalent), and streaming (Kafka/Kinesis/PubSub).
    • Data modeling (3NF, star, data vault) and semantic/metrics layers.
    • Data quality testing, lineage, and observability in production environments.
    • Security best practices: RBAC/ABAC, encryption, key management, auditability.

Nice to Have

    • Feature stores and ML data ops; experimentation frameworks.
    • Cost optimization at scale; multi-tenant architectures.
    • Governance tools (DataHub/Collibra/Alation), OpenLineage, and testing frameworks (Great Expectations/Deequ).
    • Compliance exposure (SOC 2, GDPR/CCPA; HIPAA/PCI where relevant).
    • Model features sourced from complex 3rd-party data (KYB/KYC, credit bureaus, fraud detection APIs)

Benefits

    • Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
    • Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
    • Life Insurance
    • Unlimited Paid Time Off
    • 9 paid Holidays
    • Family Leave
    • Work From Home
    • Free Food & Snacks (Access to Industrious Co-working Membership!)
    • Wellness Resources

Perks & Benefits Extracted with AI

  • Free Food & Snacks: Free Food & Snacks (Access to Industrious Co-working Membership!)
  • Health Insurance: Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
  • Other Benefit: Life Insurance
  • Remote-Friendly: Work From Home
Worth AI

We are on a mission to revolutionize the way businesses make decisions leveraging the power of AI.Our Mission: Enabling Success of Small businesses through financial literacy and visibility. Our Vision: Empower Business to know their worth.Our core values define who we are and how we operate: Extreme Ownership: Excellence is at the core of everything we do. We set the bar high with unwavering attention to detail and a commitment to delivering quality with care. Our team thrives on agility, making swift, informed decisions and adapting seamlessly to change, ensuring we consistently exceed expectations and seize opportunities with precision and purpose. One Team:Team over self. We are unified, driven by a shared vision and common purpose. Together, we collaborate, innovate, and support one another to achieve transformational impact. By elevating each other, we create a culture of trust, mutual respect, and collective success. Create Raving Fans: At Worth, we are committed to delivering exceptional experiences that inspire loyalty and admiration. Whether engaging with our team, customers, partners, or vendors, we approach every interaction with professionalism, care, and purpose. We aim to build strong, meaningful relationships that leave a lasting impression and elevate our brand. By consistently exceeding expectations, we create advocates who champion our product, our people, and the values we stand for. Our Purpose: We define "Worth" as the intrinsic value within each person and organization. We are focused on making a positive impact in the business world and leaving a legacy of fairness and inclusivity.Join Our Movement: If you're passionate about making a meaningful difference, and if you're ready to redefine worth, then our company is the place for you. Come be a part of our journey as we transform industries and leave a lasting legacy of equity and excellence. Together, let's make Worth the cornerstone of a more equitable world.

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