Principal Data Engineer

The Enterprise Corporate Data Team is looking for a Principal Data Engineer, a senior technical leader responsible for architecting the core data infrastructure and platforms that power enterprise-scale AI applications.

Reporting to the VP of Engineering, this role will focus on building systems to generate content tagging, semantic ontology, persona modeling, integrating content metadata with behavioral data to support personalization, audience development, and intelligent content discovery.

The Principal Data Engineer will lead the end-to-end design and implementation of scalable pipelines, platforms and systems that support semantic analysis and Knowledge Graph generation across massive volumes of unstructured data using GeN AI systems.

This individual will also co-ordinate with an offshore team of engineers, ensuring consistent delivery, code quality, and alignment with business and technical goals.

The ideal candidate will possess an entrepreneurial ethos, an ability to operate in a dynamic environment, and a working knowledge of the current digital media landscape.

This role is based in New York City.Hearst is one of the nation's largest global, diversified information, services and media companies.

Hearst has been innovating for more than a century, leading with purpose, integrity and a culture of care, with a mission to inform audiences and improve lives.

The company's diverse portfolio includes global financial services leader Fitch Group; Hearst Health, a group of medical information and services businesses; Hearst Transportation, which includes CAMP Systems International, a major provider of software-as-a-service solutions for managing maintenance of jets and helicopters; ownership in cable television networks such as A&E, HISTORY, Lifetime and ESPN; 35 television stations; 24 daily and 52 weekly newspapers; digital services businesses; and more than 200 magazines around the world.

Hearst is always moving forward, investing in healthcare solutions to improve patient outcomes and technology that curbs emissions; providing vital analysis, data and software to the global financial services industry; delivering important service and investigative journalism; and inspiring audiences with sports and entertainment programming.

With a commitment to maintaining the highest quality in its products and services, Hearst is dedicated to serving the communities it operates in, both civically and philanthropically.

Hearst is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex or gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.