Principal Data Engineer, Product Data
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Big Data
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Cloud Data Warehouse
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Data Build Tool
Data Engineer
Data Engineering
Data Governance
Data Integration
Data Lake
Data Lakehouse
Data Management
Data Modeling
Data Operations
Data Pipeline
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Data Quality Services
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Snowflake
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Job Description
Okta is hiring a Principal Data Engineer to strengthen the Data and Insights organization, partnering with Product Engineering teams to deliver reliable product and user behavior analytics at scale. This hybrid role is based in Washington, DC, and centers on designing and operating core data capabilities that enable data-driven decisions across the business.
In this senior position, you will lead architecture and execution for high-scale data solutions, with a focus on data quality, governance, modeling standards, and data reliability for internally and externally consumed metrics.
What you’ll do
- Design, build, and evolve high-scale data solutions that act as organizational reference architecture and simplify access to data across teams.
- Create data quality frameworks including monitoring, anomaly detection, and alerting, paired with governance, lineage tracking, and change management rigor suitable for externally reported numbers.
- Drive adoption of consistent data modeling patterns, naming conventions, documentation norms, and metric governance standards.
- Lead cross-functional technical initiatives across data verticals to accelerate delivery and harden data systems.
- Make sound technical decisions in ambiguous environments, balancing near-term delivery with long-term infrastructure investment.
- Champion data contracts by implementing data contracts and schema evolution practices to improve reliability across global product teams.
- Mentor and scale engineering capability by mentoring senior engineers, leading cross-functional task forces, and promoting engineering excellence and data-driven decision-making.
- Stay current with the data landscape and advocate for emerging technologies and practices to guide the team’s long-term technical direction.
What you bring
- 10+ years of experience in data engineering in a senior or lead capacity.
- Experience with Federal government compliance and security requirements is highly desirable.
- Deep expertise in product behavioral data engineering, including telemetry data for product launch analysis, feature usage, retention, and other product lifecycle metrics.
- Proven experience partnering with Product Engineering teams on instrumentation for data collection.
- Expert-level experience with SQL, ETL/ELT tooling including Airflow and dbt, and MPP databases such as Snowflake and Redshift.
- Extensive hands-on experience with AWS services including S3, Lambda, EMR, ECR, and EKS.
- Deep experience designing and working with lakehouse architectures using Databricks and modern file formats including Iceberg and Delta.
Technology and tools
- SQL, Airflow, dbt, Snowflake, Redshift
- Amazon S3, AWS Lambda, Amazon EMR, Amazon ECR, Amazon EKS
- Databricks, Iceberg, Delta
About the Principal Data Engineer opportunity
- Okta’s Data Engineering team builds platforms used across the organization to accelerate Okta’s scale and growth.
- With the growth of AI in Okta’s products and business, Okta’s data is increasingly critical to success.
- As a Principal Data Engineer on the Data and Insights team, you will architect, build, and maintain Okta’s most critical and scalable data solutions.
- You will collaborate closely with Product Engineering teams to ensure valuable user behavior is captured efficiently and at scale.
- The role involves leading projects with product engineers, analytic engineers, data analysts, and data scientists to ensure data availability and integrity.
- As a Principal member of the team, you will connect engineering initiatives to product and business impact, using strong judgment to influence across the organization.
The Technology, Data, and Intelligence team
- Okta is the leading independent identity provider.
- The Technology, Data, and Intelligence (TDI) organization powers Okta’s global workforce by providing technology and systems that help employees do their best work.
Okta experience
- Supporting Your Well-Being
- Driving Social Impact
- Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community
Your journey begins with an immersive, in-person onboarding experience designed to accelerate your impact and connect you to the mission and team from day one.
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