Principal Engineer, Data Platform Architecture at Zendesk

You're a seasoned principal engineer with at least 10 years of large-scale data infrastructure experience and 3 years in a principal or staff solution architect role. Your expertise lies in architecting, implementing, and optimizing cloud-based data platforms. **What makes it worth a look...** This is a fully remote Principal Engineer, Data Platform Architecture role at Zendesk, offering an annual base salary range of $228,000 to $342,000. You will lead the architecture for their Snowflake-based data platform, impacting both internal analytics and customer-facing solutions. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Have deep hands-on expertise with Snowflake, including Snowpark, Snowpipe, and Cortex. * Possess strong architectural judgment across ETL/ELT, batch and streaming pipelines, and data access patterns. * Are fluent in SQL and data engineering languages like Python or Java. * Understand regulatory frameworks and compliance implications for enterprise data platforms.