Who You'll Work With

At Slalom Build we co-create custom software, data and cloud products with clients who are ready to accelerate their digital transformation. We're passionate about technology, compelled by its potential as we help create the digital products, experiences, and technology-driven organizations that drive true change. We're thrilled by the opportunity to build the future we want to see, with anyone willing to join us.

Slalom Build's Data Engineering capability is focused on injecting intelligence into products, engineering systems that support learning and insight and creating innovative data products. Within Data Engineering we help customers build world-class products through effective use of:
• Data Engineering consisting of streaming / real-time data solutions, modern data platforms, and data systems within products (e.g, database systems, graph databases, key-value stores, document databases and transactional systems)
• Data visualization
• Machine learning and artificial intelligence

What You'll Do

Slalom Build's Data Engineering capability is comprised of passionate, flexible technologists who love to practice and hone their craft. As tools evolve and technologies emerge, we work to stay in front of innovations in data platform development and delivery working with some of the most forward-thinking organizations in data and analytics.

As a Principal for Slalom Build, you will design and deliver innovative solutions on Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform using core cloud data warehouse tools, distributed processing engines, event streaming platforms, and other modern data technologies. In addition to building the next generation of data platforms, you will be working with some of the most forward-thinking organizations in data and analytics. This includes working closely with Slalom's local markets to meet with prospective clients, discuss their needs and shape projects into a team-based delivery model.

You will be responsible for leading the analysis, architecture, design, and development of cloud data warehouse and analytics solutions including defining the cloud data strategy and multi-phased implementation roadmap for your clients.

You will have the opportunity to assist business development teams with pre-sales activities, including helping estimate and plan projects and be expected to actively contribute to the cloud and big data community at Slalom, and drive new capabilities forward.

You will primarily work in a Build Center location with your team.

What You'll Bring

As a Principal in the Data Engineering capability, you will bring a curious mindset to your client's engagement, a thirst for knowledge and a hunger for fearless experimentation in new and interesting ways to meet our clients' most pressing data challenges. You are self-starter, effective in breaking down large problems into smaller ones, and eager to regularly share what you learn with others within your projects and in the broader Slalom Build community. You are skilled at leading and growing direct reports.

You will have an insatiable need to become the best at what you do and have hands-on experience with data platforms, migrating data to cloud platforms, and programming languages as you explore the range of technologies we help our clients with, including:
• Big Data Platforms (Apache Spark, Presto, Amazon EMR)
• Cloud Data Warehouses (Amazon Redshift, Snowflake, Google BigQuery)
• Object Oriented Coding (Java, Python)
• NoSQL Databases (DynamoDB, Cosmos DB, MongoDB)
• Container Management Systems (Kubernetes, Amazon ECS)
• Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning (Amazon Sagemaker, Azure ML Studio)
• Streaming Data Ingestion and Analytics (Amazon Kinesis, Apache Kafka)
• Visual Analytics (Tableau, PowerBI)
• Modern Data Workflows (Apache Airflow, dbt, Dagster).

About Us

Slalom Build is a highly scalable, high-velocity Build as a Service firm. We work with clients in a flexible, collaborative, and repeatable methodology to create custom technology solutions for their most impactful initiatives and to accelerate their digital transformation journey. Over 1400 Builders strong, distributed across dynamic cities, our innovation hubs attract the type of people who contribute to thriving teams. By placing Builders in close proximity to clients-as well as their cultural and technology cohorts-we can assure the quality, versatility, and speed that product delivery demands, along with the elasticity and scale to tailor to individual client needs.

Slalom Build leverages a foundation of innovation inherited from Slalom, a Seattle-based firm that set out in 2001 to disrupt and redefine management consulting. Now 10,000+ professionals strong around the globe, Slalom is deeply engaged with some of the world's most influential, change-making enterprises. Learn more at slalom.com.

Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that include meaningful time off and paid holidays, parental leave, 401(k) with a match, a range of choices for highly subsidized health, dental, & vision coverage, adoption and fertility assistance, and short/long-term disability. We also offer additional benefits such as a yearly $350 reimbursement account for any well-being related expenses as well as discounted home, auto, and pet insurance.

Slalom is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.