Microsoft
Principal Data Engineering Architect
$143K–$304K
Redmond, WA · On-site · Principal · Full-time · Posted Nov 2, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum: Master's degree and 4+ years, or Bachelor's degree and 6+ years, in the listed fields, or equivalent experience. Preferred: Master's degree and 8+ years, or Bachelor's degree and 12+ years, or equivalent experience. Also lists 3+ years in data governance/compliance/security and 8+ years across the software development lifecycle, including 2+ years in a technical lead role.
- Education
- Master's or Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Math, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads the architecture and hands-on delivery of scalable marketing data platforms and trusted, AI-ready data products that support measurement, customer intelligence, and business decisions.
What you'll do
- Define reusable data capabilities with business partners, and lead solution design, production implementation, code and model reviews, and operational reliability.
- Build marketing-domain data models and distributed streaming and batch systems, while embedding governance, privacy, security, quality, and self-service capabilities.
- Advance governed AI-assisted engineering and data discovery, mentor engineers, and influence partner teams through technical direction and collaboration.
What they ask for
- Demonstrated expertise in distributed and big-data processing, streaming and batch systems, data modeling, semantic abstraction, schema evolution, SQL, and a programming language.
- Strong business acumen and product judgment; ability to translate ambiguous needs into reusable capabilities and connect engineering decisions to outcomes.
- Cross-functional technical leadership, mentoring, communication, and sound judgment in ambiguous environments.
- Experience with marketing, digital media, or web analytics, customer journey measurement, and data products for analytics, data science, and activation.
Nice to have
- Experience with data governance, data compliance, and/or data security.
- Experience building federated self-service platforms or governed AI-assisted engineering and discovery tools.
Pay
USD $142,800 - $274,800 per year (base salary); USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year (base salary)
Tools
Microsoft Fabric, SQL
AI focus
Develop AI-ready data products and advance governed AI automation and code generation for transformations, tests, documentation, and self-service extensions; use bounded assistance for operational detection and recommendations with validation and human judgment for consequential changes.
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