# Principal Data Engineer, Analytics at DriveWealth

- Company: DriveWealth
- What the company does: DriveWealth's award-winning APIs power modern investing for 150+ fintechs, brokers, and advisors worldwide, making it easy to launch new products fast. Backed by Accel, Insight and SoftBank VF.
- Company website: https://drivewealth.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Office - Chicago
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $220K to $240K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-01-25
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://boards.greenhouse.io/drivewealth/jobs/7603896003?gh_jid=7603896003
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/drivewealth-principal-data-engineer-analytics/

## About the role

As a Principal Data Engineer, Analytics you will be dedicated to building innovative data products that provide actionable insights and empower both our internal teams and partners to succeed. Your core focus will be on curating and maintaining key data sources and statistics that serve both internal and external stakeholders.

## What they're looking for

- 8+ years of professional experience in analytics engineering or data engineering, with a proven track record of building and scaling analytical data ecosystems
- Expert proficiency in SQL, with experience optimizing complex queries and data models at scale
- Advanced proficiency in Python for data manipulation (Pandas/Polars/Spark) and interaction with APIs/AWS services
- Experience using Databricks for analytics workloads, including building and optimizing data models using Databricks SQL and dbt
- Experience with dbt materializations, macros, and package management
- Experience architecting data models for FinTech and Capital Markets, including trade lifecycles, clearing/settlement, risk models, and financial reporting

Tags: Engineering