Principal Data Platform Engineer
Summary
Principal engineer who owns the architecture and delivery of a greenfield, enterprise-scale data platform (Iceberg lakehouse, Spark/Flink/Trino on AWS) for a Sweden-based AdTech customer — defining data models, batch and near-real-time pipelines, governance and quality standards, and mentoring engineers.
Sigma Software is an international technology partner with over 24 years of experience delivering impactful digital solutions for global businesses.
With a team of 2,000+ professionals, the company collaborates with leading brands such as AstraZeneca, Viaplay, Volvo, and Scania, helping them scale, innovate, and stay competitive in rapidly evolving markets.
Operating across more than 20 countries, with 40+ offices in Europe and the Americas, Sigma Software combines global reach with strong local expertise. The company has delivered projects for over 500 clients, spanning industries such as fintech, healthcare, automotive, and media.
CUSTOMER
Our Customer is a Sweden-based AdTech company specializing in advanced self-serve advertising platforms that automate direct transactions between advertisers and major global publishers. Their solutions improve transparency and operational efficiency in digital advertising and are trusted by globally recognized brands including TripAdvisor, Bloomberg, The Washington Post, Opera, and Dow Jones. The company processes millions of advertising transactions worldwide and is actively investing in AI-driven data capabilities.
PROJECT
The project focuses on building a modern data platform from the ground up with an emphasis on immutable event streams, governed canonical models, semantic layers, and scalable analytics infrastructure. The platform will support analytical workloads, operational data products, AI applications, and future customer-facing data experiences.
As a Principal / Staff Data Platform Engineer, you will own key architectural decisions, define scalable engineering standards, and help deliver the first production-ready version of the platform in a high-scale AdTech environment.
Key Technologies: Apache Iceberg, Spark, Flink, Trino, AWS, Python, Scala, Java, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code
Job Description
Lead the technical design and architecture of a modern enterprise-scale data platform
- Define scalable data flows from Iceberg-based event storage into analytical and operational data products
- Evaluate and select technologies for orchestration, transformation, querying, serving, and storage
- Design reusable canonical entities and data models across advertising, campaigns, inventory, billing, and customer domains
- Establish scalable engineering patterns for batch and near-real-time processing
- Build reliable and observable data pipelines for high-volume AdTech workloads
- Implement data quality, lineage, observability, and reconciliation capabilities
- Collaborate with Platform Engineering teams to introduce CI-enforced data contracts and governance standards
- Define tenant isolation, access control, and regional data boundary strategies
- Establish standards for testing, deployment automation, schema evolution, and versioning
- Optimize platform performance, scalability, and infrastructure costs
- Mentor engineers and contribute to engineering excellence across the team
- Partner closely with leadership and cross-functional stakeholders
Qualifications
8+ years of experience designing and operating production-grade data platforms
- Strong expertise in distributed data systems and high-volume event-driven architectures
- Deep understanding of modern lakehouse architectures and Apache Iceberg
- Advanced SQL skills and production experience with Python, Java, Scala, or similar languages
- Experience with distributed processing and query technologies such as Spark, Flink, or Trino
- Strong knowledge of data modeling, partitioning strategies, and performance optimization
- Proven experience building batch and near-real-time data pipelines
- Hands-on experience with AWS cloud infrastructure
- Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, and production observability
- Experience implementing data contracts, schema evolution, and data quality frameworks
- Ability to make pragmatic architectural decisions in greenfield environments
- Upper-Intermediate or higher English level
- Strong communication and technical leadership skills
WILL BE A PLUS
- Experience in AdTech or other high-volume event-processing domains
- Experience designing multi-tenant SaaS data architectures
- Familiarity with semantic layer technologies
- Experience supporting both analytics and ML/AI workloads
- Understanding of privacy regulations and data residency requirements