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USA - California – Irvine, United States of America
Onsite
Many structural heart patients suffer from heart failure with limited options. Our Implantable Heart Failure Management (IHFM) business's AI, Product and Platforms organization, is at the forefront of addressing these unmet patient needs through pioneering technology that enables early, targeted therapeutic intervention. Our innovative solutions are not just transforming patient care but also creating a unique and exciting environment for our team members. It is our driving force to help patients live longer and healthier lives. Join us and be part of our inspiring journey.
At Edwards Lifesciences, the IHFM AI, Product and Platforms organization designs and builds the software and data products that clinicians and patients depend on. As a Principal Data Engineer, you define data architecture and strategy across multiple product areas and serve as a primary technical authority for the data platform.
How you'll make an impact
Define the data architecture and platform strategy across multiple IHFM product areas.
Lead the most complex and ambiguous data engineering problems, including suite-level interoperability and device-data scale.
Influence the roadmap with Technical Data Product Managers and Data Intelligence and Engineering leadership.
Set the standards for ingestion, modeling, governance, lineage, quality, data products, data contracts, and SLAs that the data platform runs on.
Establish how validated, traceable, and integrity-preserving data pipelines are engineered across the platform.
What you'll need (Required):
Bachelor's degree in engineering or scientific field plus six or more years of related data engineering experience.
Recognized experience in data platform architecture, distributed processing, and large-scale data modeling, including modern data platforms such as Databricks and Snowflake.
Deep experience with data governance, validation, and integrity in a regulated environment.
What else we look for (Preferred):
Experience defining multi-area data architecture across cloud providers, such as GCP and AWS.
A track record of setting technical direction adopted across multiple product areas.
Excellent communication skills, including senior product development leadership.
Experience across the breadth of the modern data ecosystem, such as Apache Spark, Kafka, Flink, Delta Lake, Iceberg, Airflow, and dbt.
Deep experience with healthcare interoperability (HL7, FHIR, IHE) and device telemetry at scale.
A history of influencing data platform strategy in regulated software or other regulated classes of device software.
Aligning our overall business objectives with performance, we offer competitive salaries, performance-based incentives, and a wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of our employees and their families.
For California, the base pay range for this position is $121,000 - $171,000 (highly experienced).
The pay for the successful candidate will depend on various factors (e.g., qualifications, education, prior experience). Applications will be accepted while this position is posted on our Careers website.
Edwards is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer including protected Veterans and individuals with disabilities.
COVID Vaccination Requirement
Edwards is committed to protecting our vulnerable patients and the healthcare providers who are treating them. As such, all patient-facing and in-hospital positions require COVID-19 vaccination. If hired into a covered role, as a condition of employment, you will be required to submit proof that you have been vaccinated for COVID-19, unless you request and are granted a medical or religious accommodation for exemption from the vaccination requirement. This vaccination requirement does not apply in locations where it is prohibited by law to impose vaccination.
