About the role
Founded in 2017, Lovelytics helps some of the most complex enterprises across Energy & Utilities, Media & Entertainment, Manufacturing, Retail & CPG, Healthcare and Financial Services modernize their data and put AI to work, not in a deck, but in production. We move fast, stay close to the cutting edge, and care more about outcomes than optics.
Our work spans the full data and AI lifecycle: Data Strategy & Advisory, Data Engineering, Analytics & Visualization, Generative AI & ML, and Cloud Migration & Modernization. All of it is delivered primarily on Databricks, with deep partnerships across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
In September 2026, Lovelytics became a CDW company. CDW completed its acquisition on September 25, 2026, bringing our team into its Data & Analytics Practice. Together, we can take customers from data strategy to production AI with a single partner across the full technology lifecycle.
Lovelytics now has 600+ people across the United States, Canada, Argentina, and Colombia, all working exclusively in data and AI. We’ve kept the technically excellent, low-ego culture that earned us a Best Places to Work recognition, a spot among Databricks’ top partners, and three appearances on the Inc. 5000.
This Principal Consultant will play a key role in delivering on client engagements related to data warehousing, ETL development, data integrations, and data modeling. This is a client-facing role, focused on using and migrating to our partner technologies; Databricks, AWS, and Azure to name a few. In addition to the technical capabilities for this role, we are looking for someone who wants to work in a collaborative, dynamic, and inclusive environment and has a passion for bringing meaning to data.
This role is open to remote candidates in the US.
This role is not open for work sponsorship at this time.
Primary Responsibilities:
Utilize consulting and technical skills to be able to work in a client-facing project environment independently.
Be responsible for your own execution and sometimes lead individual work streams on client engagements as assigned and under supervision of engagement lead.
Collaborate with other team members to successfully deliver on projects.
Work effectively and directly communicate with both internal and client and/or partner teams.
Develop full ownership of your execution on client engagements, you'll become involved in the project planning and solution stages of engagements as well.
Design and implement complex ETL/ELT pipelines with evidence of improved data processing times.
Successfully lead small data warehousing projects with measurable performance enhancements under the management of an engagement lead.
Contribute to real-time data processing solutions and managed streaming data.
Implement security and compliance measures for data pipelines.
Design and implement version control and branching strategies and integrate them into CI/CD for promoting and testing in higher environments.
Our Ideal Candidate's Skills and Experiences:
B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent
5-7 years' experience in data engineering and big data. At least 2 years working directly with clients and external stakeholders.
Extensive knowledge of data warehousing concepts and hands-on experience deploying pipelines using Databricks **A must
Data modeling and database design skills and knowledge of version control
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Is able to apply technical skills to engagement needs
Works with engagement leads and directors to gain exposure in the design and architecture of solutions
Understands and utilizes Lovelytics tools and client tools
What We Promise You:
Exciting projects with great clients in varying departments and verticals across the world
The ability to work closely with experienced data engineers and quickly grow and expand your skillset
The ability to work closely with all sizes of companies, ranging from Fortune 100 to small local businesses
A workplace where you are encouraged to challenge the status quo and develop new technologies, methodologies, and processes
A diverse team consisting of data gurus, experience seekers, and entrepreneurial minds that are always pushing to be better
The base salary range for this position for candidates based in the US is $130,000-170,000 per year. Compensation is determined based on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, skills, qualifications, scope of role and budget. Candidates are not guaranteed to be placed at any particular point within the range, and most offers will fall within the middle of the range or below. Lovelytics is committed to pay equity and transparency in compensation practices.
Lovelytics is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This means you don’t have to worry about whether your application process will be fair. We consider all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, ancestry, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, veteran status, or disability.
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