Principal Engineer, Data Platforms
Principal Engineer, Data Platforms
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11-07-2025
Job Description
Speridian Technologies is recruiting for a Principal Engineer Data Platforms for our State of California Client the Department of Healthcare Services Behavioral Health. This person will be part of a long-term fully budgeted state-of-the-art extremely vast technical modernization project working with a variety of cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
This is a remote role; however there will be meetings in the Sacramento area several times a year. Candidates are expected to work business hours Monday-Friday Pacific Time Zone.
Join DHCSs Behavioral Health Transformation: Where Purpose Meets Innovation
Location: Remote
Department: Department of Healthcare Services (DHCS)
Commitment: Full-Time Consultant (W2 employee of Speridian or 1099/IC for Speridian)
Why DHCS
At DHCS we are leading a transformative journey in Behavioral Health reshaping systems and services toensure better outcomesfor communities across California. Our Behavioral Health transformation initiative is more than a projectits a movement to make California a leader in accessible high-quality health services. Were setting the stage for a new era of government services built on agile methodologies cutting-edge technology continuous improvement and a relentless commitment to serving the public good.
At DHCS were looking for innovators who are passionate about purposeful work and excited by the opportunity to drive lasting change through innovative solutions.
Our Core Values (Achieve Together Be Curious Elevate Yourself and Deliver Value)
We work within government for governmentbut we dont work like government.
Were agile in practice and philosophy.
Were purpose-driven and outcome-obsessed.
Were modernizing behavioral health technology in Californiaincluding addressing overdose suicide and the crises that leave people on the streets.
Were honest about the challengesstate government is bureaucratic and we cant match most tech salaries. But heres what we can offer:
Purpose that matters
Teammates who care deeply
Work-life balance (no nights weekends or burnout)
Fully remote work
Were not just changing systemswere changing how government works
Overview/Description
ThePrincipal Engineerplays a strategic and hands-on leadership role in shaping the organizations architecture vision with a strong emphasis on scalable data platforms and enterprise-wide technology alignment. This role bridges business strategy with technical execution ensuring that architectural decisions support long-term innovation agility and operational excellence. Working closely with teams on collaboration and knowledge sharing initiatives thereby creating a positive and engaging work environment where team members feel valued and motivated.
Responsibilities:
Enterprise Strategy
Core Skills
Tools & Technologies
Outcomes
Speridian is an EEO employer
This is a remote role; however there will be meetings in the Sacramento area several times a year. Candidates are expected to work business hours Monday-Friday Pacific Time Zone.
Join DHCSs Behavioral Health Transformation: Where Purpose Meets Innovation
Location: Remote
Department: Department of Healthcare Services (DHCS)
Commitment: Full-Time Consultant (W2 employee of Speridian or 1099/IC for Speridian)
Why DHCS
At DHCS we are leading a transformative journey in Behavioral Health reshaping systems and services toensure better outcomesfor communities across California. Our Behavioral Health transformation initiative is more than a projectits a movement to make California a leader in accessible high-quality health services. Were setting the stage for a new era of government services built on agile methodologies cutting-edge technology continuous improvement and a relentless commitment to serving the public good.
At DHCS were looking for innovators who are passionate about purposeful work and excited by the opportunity to drive lasting change through innovative solutions.
Our Core Values (Achieve Together Be Curious Elevate Yourself and Deliver Value)
- We achieve together by championing a team-oriented workplace built on mutual respect collaboration and open communication.
- We encourage individuals and teams to constantly be curious and seek a deeper understanding and fresh ideas that drive innovation and meaningful change.
- We provide a supportive workplace where you can elevate yourself and achieve personal growth through continuous learning focused effort and perseverance.
- We deliver value as part of every action we take to serve Californias citizens.
We work within government for governmentbut we dont work like government.
Were agile in practice and philosophy.
Were purpose-driven and outcome-obsessed.
Were modernizing behavioral health technology in Californiaincluding addressing overdose suicide and the crises that leave people on the streets.
Were honest about the challengesstate government is bureaucratic and we cant match most tech salaries. But heres what we can offer:
Purpose that matters
Teammates who care deeply
Work-life balance (no nights weekends or burnout)
Fully remote work
Were not just changing systemswere changing how government works
Overview/Description
ThePrincipal Engineerplays a strategic and hands-on leadership role in shaping the organizations architecture vision with a strong emphasis on scalable data platforms and enterprise-wide technology alignment. This role bridges business strategy with technical execution ensuring that architectural decisions support long-term innovation agility and operational excellence. Working closely with teams on collaboration and knowledge sharing initiatives thereby creating a positive and engaging work environment where team members feel valued and motivated.
Responsibilities:
Enterprise Strategy
- Define and communicate the enterprise architecture vision and roadmap aligned with business goals.
- Drive standardization interoperability and modernization across systems and platforms.
- Lead architecture governance processes including architecture review boards and compliance standards.
- Design and operate scalable low-latency data platforms with strict uptime SLOs.
- Architect cross-region multi-cloud data solutions (AWS GCP Azure) with seamless mobility and replication.
- Lead ML productization efforts including feature stores online inference and real-time feedback loops.
- Provide hands-on technical leadership mentoring development teams and growing Staff-level engineers.
- Guide VP/C-suite stakeholders with business-first architecture narratives and strategic recommendations.
- Foster a culture of innovation collaboration and continuous learning.
- Define cloud-native architecture strategies and automation practices using DevOps and Platform-as-a-Product approaches.
- Build reference implementations and prototypes to validate architectural patterns.
- Establish integration architectures for real-time data sharing and business process automation.
- Lead company-wide data governance automation: lineage-as-code policy-based access control and privacy-by-design frameworks.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and contribute to open-source or internal platforms that become organizational standards.
- Optimize technology portfolios and data systems for cost-efficiency and performance at scale.
Core Skills
- Proven experience in enterprise and data architecture with a focus on distributed systems and cloud-native design.
- Deep expertise in technologies such as Kafka Spark/Flink Iceberg/Delta and columnar data warehouses.
- Strong understanding of microservices SOA event-driven architecture and DevOps practices.
- Exceptional communication and leadership skills with the ability to influence across technical and executive levels.
- We find intrinsic motivation to be a factor distinguishing successful candidates in this role
Tools & Technologies
- Architecture modeling tools (e.g. ArchiMate Enterprise Architect).
- Collaboration platforms (e.g. Confluence Miro ).
- Proficiency in cloud platforms (AWS GCP Azure) and modern data infrastructure.
- Familiarity with data governance tools and frameworks.
Outcomes
- Strategic Alignment: Clear linkage between business goals and technology/data strategy.
- Scalable Systems: High-performance resilient and cost-optimized data platforms.
- Empowered Teams: Skilled and mentored engineering teams delivering high-quality solutions.
- Innovation & Governance: Standardized compliant and forward-looking architecture practices.
Speridian is an EEO employer
Required Experience:
Senior Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
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