True Anomaly

Principal Data Engineer

$200K–$290K

Denver, CO +3 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Aug 24, 2026

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Location: Denver, CO
Long Beach, CA
Denver, CO
Long Beach, CA
Experience: 10+ years in data engineering and software engineering; 3+ years with Snowflake, Databricks, or both.
Visa sponsorship: Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State, to comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations.

About the job

Provides hands-on technical leadership to design, build, and evolve the company’s enterprise data platform and scalable data pipelines.

What you'll do

Design and maintain data pipelines, data products, ELT/ETL processes, and data models for batch, streaming, analytics, and AI/ML workloads.
Set engineering standards and own projects from design through deployment, production support, and continuous improvement.
Collaborate across teams, use AI-assisted engineering tools, and mentor data engineers.

What they ask for

Strong hands-on Python and SQL experience.
At least 3 years of experience with Snowflake, Databricks, or both.
Strong understanding of data engineering, data architecture, data modelling, and ELT/ETL.
Experience with Git, testing, CI/CD, and code reviews; demonstrated technical leadership and mentoring.

Nice to have

Experience with AWS, Azure or GCP.
Experience with Airflow, dbt, Kafka or similar technologies; Lakehouse architectures; or data governance, lineage and observability.

Pay

Denver - $200,000 - $280,000 USD base salary; Long Beach - $210,000 - $290,000 USD base salary

Tools

Python, SQL, Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift, Git, Airflow, dbt

AI focus

Use AI-assisted development tools, automation, and systems to accelerate pipeline development, improve code quality, optimize workflows, and increase productivity and delivery speed; support AI/ML workloads.

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