Job Description
Overview
As a Principal Data & AI Solutions Engineer, you will lead the design, development, and delivery of advanced data and AI solutions across cloud platforms. You will serve as a trusted advisor to clients and internal teams, driving innovation, ensuring architectural integrity, and enabling scalable, secure, and high-performing systems. This role demands deep hands-on expertise in at least one modern Cloud Data & AI platform and the ability to translate complex business needs into actionable technical strategies.
Key Responsibilities
- Client Engagement & Advisory
- Engage directly with enterprise clients to understand business goals and translate them into technical solutions.
- Serve as a strategic advisor to executive stakeholders, guiding architecture decisions and transformation roadmaps.
- Architecture & Solution Design
- Lead the design of scalable, extensible, and secure data and AI architectures using platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, Azure, AWS, or GCP.
- Decompose future-state goals into actionable execution plans and reference architectures.
- Hands-On Technical Leadership
- Demonstrate deep hands-on expertise in at least one Cloud Data & AI platform, including environment setup, solution engineering, performance optimization, and cost management.
- Build and validate prototypes, frameworks, and accelerators to support solution delivery.
- Innovation & Reusability
- Partner with innovation teams to develop reusable assets, accelerators, and business point solutions across verticals such as Financial Services, Healthcare, Retail, and Travel & Hospitality.
- Project & Team Leadership
- Lead multiple projects simultaneously, providing technical oversight and mentoring to engineering teams.
- Ensure alignment with data governance, security, and compliance standards.
- Collaboration & Enablement
- Collaborate with product, marketing, and sales teams to support go-to-market strategies, demos, workshops, and client onboarding.
Required Skills & Experience
10+ years of experience in Data Analytics, AI, and Cloud Architecture roles.Deep hands-on expertise and end-to-end solutioning experience with at least one Cloud Data & AI platform (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, Azure Synapse, AWS Redshift, GCP BigQuery).Strong understanding of data warehousing, ML / AI engineering, MLOps / AIOps, ata integration and Data Governance.Proficiency in SQL, Python, and data engineering tools for automation and transformation.Experience with ETL / ELT pipelines, data modeling, and visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau, Looker).Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage complex technical projects.Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present technical concepts to non-technical audiences.Preferred Qualifications
Experience with cloud migration and modernization initiatives.Familiarity with industry-specific data models and domain-driven design.Experience with data governance, privacy, and security frameworks.