Principal Data Engineer

Our vision for the future is based on the idea that transforming financial lives starts by giving our people the freedom to transform their own. We have a flexible work environment, and fluid career paths. We not only encourage but celebrate internal mobility.

We also recognize the importance of purpose, well-being, and work-life balance. Within Empower and our communities, we work hard to create a welcoming and inclusive environment, and our associates dedicate thousands of hours to volunteering for causes that matter most to them.

Chart your own path and grow your career while helping more customers achieve financial freedom. Empower Yourself. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U. S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time, including CPT/OPT.

The Principal Data Engineer is a senior hands-on engineering role responsible for designing, building, and optimizing scalable data services, streaming data solutions, data pipelines, and cloud-based data platforms.

This role is not a Data Architect position; it requires deep technical execution, active engineering delivery, and the ability to solve complex data engineering challenges through hands-on development.

Operating with a high level of technical autonomy, this role will serve as a top-level authority in data engineering while directly contributing to the implementation of modern data platforms and services.

The Principal Data Engineer will lead complex, cross-functional initiatives and drive innovation across scalable data pipelines, data products, streaming services, and data systems that support analytics, AI/ML, reporting, and operational workloads.

What you will do: Design, build, and optimize scalable data engineering solutions, including streaming data services, data pipelines, data platforms, and operational data systems. Serve as a hands-on technical leader, actively developing and implementing data engineering solutions rather than functi