Principal Data Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

EyeCare Partners is the nation's leading provider of clinically integrated eye care. Our national network of over 300 ophthalmologists and 700 optometrists provides a lifetime of care to our patients with a mission to enhance vision, advance eye care and improve lives. Based in St. Louis, Missouri, over 650 ECP-affiliated practice locations provide care in 18 states and 80 markets, providing services that span the eye care continuum. For more information, visit www.eyecare-partners.com.

SUMMARY

We are seeking an experienced professional who will serve as the Principal Data Engineer on our Data Platforms & Insights team. The Principal Data Engineer serves as a senior technical leader within the Data Platforms & Insights team, responsible for architecting, developing, and maintaining scalable data solutions that support enterprise-wide analytics, reporting, and data management initiatives. This role drives the design and implementation of robust data pipelines, ensures data quality and governance, and enables self-service analytics through a "Data as a Service" model. The Principal Data Engineer collaborates closely with cross-functional teams, business stakeholders, and third-party service providers to deliver high-impact data solutions, while also mentoring and supervising Data Engineers to uphold engineering standards and best practices.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable and efficient data pipelines using ETL tools and programming languages
• Develop integration solutions leveraging APIs to enable seamless communication between systems.
• Analyze data elements from various systems, data flow, dependencies, relationships and assist in designing conceptual physical and logical data models
• Implement data solutions across on-prem and cloud environments, ensuring performance, reliability, and scalability
• Ensure all data pipelines follow established data governance rules for data quality and completeness
• Maintain and evolve existing monitoring, logging, and alerting frameworks for proactively managing and troubleshooting data pipelines
• Manage source code repositories and deployment processes using modern tools
• Utilize Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools to automate and manage infrastructure provisioning
• Work within Agile development framework to understand and transform business requirements into scalable and manageable solutions
• Work with various business and technical stakeholders and assist with data-related technical needs and issues
• Partner with leadership to define and evolve the long-term data architecture and engineering strategy, ensuring alignment with business goals
• Present solutions and options to leadership, project teams and other stakeholders adapting style to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Establish and enforce documentation standards for data pipelines, schemas, and infrastructure
• Ensures data engineers and other technical teams adhere to documented design and development patterns and standards
• Conduct code reviews and provide guidance to other developers, fostering growth and development within the team
• Proactively monitor and resolve on-going production issues data pipelines, databases, and infrastructure
• Educate organization on latest trends and technologies in data engineering, APIs, and streaming data
• Lead team on establishing industry best practices in data engineering to ensure high-quality deliverables
• Adheres to all safety policies and procedures in performing job duties and responsibilities while supporting a culture of high quality and great customer service.
• Performs other duties that may be necessary or in the best interest of the organization.

QUALIFICATIONS

Able to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

EDUCATION AND / OR EXPERIENCE

LICENSES AND CREDENTIALS

SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY

Snowflake development and support

LOCATION

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

If you need assistance with this application, please contact (636) 227-2600. Please do not contact the office directly – only resumes submitted through this website will be considered.

EyeCare Partners is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.