Remote Position
[Remote] Principal Software Engineer, Experimentation Platform
🌍 Remote · United States
💼 Full-time
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Zocdoc is seeking a Principal/Senior Staff Engineer to elevate the systems powering trusted decision-making. The role defines platform standards, leads cross-domain initiatives, and strengthens analytics and data infrastructure for secure, reliable, compliant, performant, and cost-efficient insights.
Responsibilities
- Architecting and improving orchestration, monitoring, and data reliability systems
- Defining modeling, semantic layer, and governance standards across teams
- Optimizing warehouse performance and reducing compute spend
- Implementing secure access controls and strengthening compliance practices
- Partnering with Engineering to improve upstream data quality and contracts
- Leading cross-functional initiatives that modernize and future-proof Zocdoc’s data platform
- Mentoring engineers and guiding architectural decisions
Skills
- 10+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Analytics Engineering, Experimentation Platform Engineering, or Backend Software Engineering
- Operated at Staff-level scope with cross-team technical influence
- Expert SQL skills and strong proficiency in Python or similar languages
- Deep experience with Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, or similar warehouses
- Hands-on experience with dbt and orchestration tools like Airflow or Dagster
- Experience improving pipeline reliability, observability, and system performance
- Proven ownership of warehouse cost optimization
- Experience implementing secure data access patterns and working in regulated environments
- Strong communication skills and ability to influence across technical and non-technical stakeholders
Benefits
- Flexible work environment
- Unlimited Vacation (if salaried)
- Competitive PTO (if hourly)
- 100% paid employee health benefit options (including medical, dental, and vision)
- 401(k) with employer funded match
- Corporate wellness program with Wellhub
- Sabbatical leave (for employees with 5+ years of service)
- Competitive paid parental leave
- Fertility/family planning reimbursement
- Cell phone reimbursement
- Employee Resource Groups and ZocClubs to promote shared community and belonging
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