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Black Duck Software, Inc.

Principal Data Engineer

Black Duck Software, Inc. · Belfast, UK

Posted about 3 months ago

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This role has been open
80 days
Black Duck Software, Inc.'s roles stay open a median of 81 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
8% of Black Duck Software, Inc.'s roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Black Duck Software, Inc.
high
58 stale, 5 reposted of 60 open
Hiring momentum
99 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-23

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About this role

As a Principal Data Engineer at Black Duck Software, you will lead the design and development of cross-product data services, focusing on creating a governed data plane for multiple product lines. Your responsibilities include building ingestion patterns for various data types, ensuring data reliability and usability, and productizing customer-facing data products. You'll also collaborate with product and engineering teams to align data initiatives with business goals and mentor others while maintaining hands-on involvement in key systems.

Our read on this posting2.4out of 5
benefits
1/5
freshness
1/5
career value
5/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

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What you need

  • Significant experience building and operating production data platforms at scale, including on-call and operational ownership.
  • Strong SQL skills and strong Python skills, used to build pipelines, services, and automation.
  • Hands-on experience running cloud systems on AWS and Google Cloud (IaaS level: compute, storage, networking, IAM).
  • Practical experience with both operational databases (RDS-style) and analytics stores (columnar/OLAP), including performance tuning.
  • Strong data modeling ability, including schema evolution, conformed dimensions, and 'one source of truth' metric definitions.
  • Track record of delivering data products that other teams or customers depend on, with clear contracts and reliability expectations.

Nice to have

  • Experience building self-service data platforms (catalog, discoverability, access controls) used by multiple teams.
  • Experience in regulated or security-sensitive environments, including retention, auditing, and data access controls.

Worth weighing

  • No salary listed.
  • Work model is hybrid, with flexible collaboration hours but minimal travel.
  • The role requires significant hands-on involvement, which may appeal to candidates looking for active engagement in technical systems.

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