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Job Description
Job Purpose
We are seeking a
Principal Engineer – Data Platforms
to define, govern, and evolve Invesco’s enterprise data platform strategy.
This role plays a foundational leadership role in shaping the architectural backbone that supports
Regulatory, Investment, Client Experience
, and future
AI/ML-driven data capabilities
. The Principal Engineer will establish architectural direction, design guardrails, and ensure consistent execution across global teams while proactively modernizing the platform to meet future scalability, resilience, and regulatory demands.
Key Responsibilities / Duties
Enterprise Architecture & Platform Strategy
Own and define the
long-term architecture and strategic roadmap
for Invesco’s enterprise data platform.
Act as the
final design authority
for platform-level architectural decisions and cross-domain integrations.
Establish, govern, and evolve
enterprise-wide architectural standards
, reference architectures, and reusable solution patterns.
Drive major architectural initiatives including platform modernization, convergence, and technical debt reduction.
Evaluate emerging technologies and define structured adoption strategies aligned with enterprise and security architecture principles.
Platform Engineering & Enablement
Enable global delivery teams by providing
clear architectural blueprints, frameworks, and guardrails
rather than direct feature-level implementation.
Ensure platform capabilities support current and future analytics needs, including large-scale regulatory workloads, advanced analytics, and AI/ML enablement.
Identify systemic platform bottlenecks and drive architectural improvements for scalability, reliability, and operational efficiency.
Define platform-level patterns for ingestion, transformation, orchestration, quality, lineage, discovery, and lifecycle management.
Cloud & Data Platform Architecture
Provide
end-to-end architectural oversight
for AWS-based data platforms, including Glue, S3, Lambda, MWAA, IAM, networking, and security patterns.
Architect and govern Snowflake environments, including warehouse strategy, RBAC models, governance frameworks, network policies, cost controls, and performance optimization.
Define enterprise observability, monitoring, alerting, and reliability standards aligned with SRE and operational excellence principles.
Ensure platform architectures meet stringent
resilience, HA/DR, security, and regulatory requirements
.
Cross-Functional & Executive Engagement
Partner closely with Enterprise Architecture to ensure alignment with enterprise technology strategy and roadmaps.
Collaborate with senior product, risk, compliance, and technology leaders to influence platform investment priorities.
Represent Data Platforms in enterprise governance forums, architectural review boards, and regulatory-driven initiatives.
Translate complex architectural trade-offs into clear, executive-level narratives to support informed decision-making.
Mentorship & Technical Leadership
Mentor senior engineers and architects; serve as a role model for architectural rigor and excellence.
Influence engineering managers by shaping technical standards, capability development, and engineering maturity.
Foster a culture of strong architectural discipline, design documentation, and long-term thinking across the organization.
Work Experience
12+ years of overall technology experience, with
8+ years leading or owning enterprise-scale data platform architecture
.
Demonstrated experience acting as a
Principal Architect or senior technical authority
for complex, multi-team data ecosystems.
Deep hands-on knowledge of modern data platforms, including Snowflake, AWS, Airflow, and BI/analytics tooling.
Proven experience designing highly available, secure, and scalable distributed systems in cloud environments.
Strong background in data governance, security architecture, access controls, and regulatory-driven data platforms.
Experience influencing architecture across globally distributed, mission-critical environments.
Knowledge / Skills / Attributes
Exceptional architectural thinking with the ability to define long-term technical vision.
Strong systems-level perspective with sound judgment in balancing innovation, cost, risk, and stability.
Excellent communication skills, including the ability to articulate complex designs to executive and non-technical stakeholders.
Proven ability to influence without direct authority and drive consensus across diverse teams.
High degree of ownership, autonomy, and accountability.
Passion for modern data platforms, cloud architecture, and continuous architectural improvement.
Formal Education / Certifications
Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Snowflake SnowPro certification
– highly desirable.
AWS Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional)
– preferred.
Additional cloud or data architecture certifications are a plus.
Full Time / Part Time
Full time
Worker Type
Employee
Job Exempt (Yes / No)
Yes
Workplace Model
At Invesco, our workplace model supports our culture and meets the needs of our clients while providing flexibility our employees value. As a full-time employee, compliance with the workplace policy means working with your direct manager to create a schedule where you will work in your designated office at least three days a week, with two days working outside an Invesco office.
Why Invesco
In Invesco, we act with integrity and do meaningful work to create impact for our stakeholders. We believe our culture is stronger when we all feel we belong, and we respect each other’s identities, lives, health, and well-being. We come together to create better solutions for our clients, our business and each other by building on different voices and perspectives. We nurture and encourage each other to ensure our meaningful growth, both personally and
professionally.
We believe in diverse, inclusive, and supportive workplace where everyone feels equally valued, and this starts at the top with our senior leaders having diversity and inclusion goals. Our global focus on diversity and inclusion has grown exponentially and we encourage connection and community through our many employee-led Business Resource Groups (BRGs).
What’s in it for you?
As an organization we support personal needs, diverse backgrounds and provide internal networks, as well as opportunities to get involved in the community and in the world.
Our benefit policy includes but not limited to:
Competitive Compensation
Flexible, Hybrid Work
30 days’ Annual Leave + Public Holidays
Life Insurance
Retirement Planning
Group Personal Accident Insurance
Medical Insurance for Employee and Family
Annual Health Check-up
26 weeks Maternity Leave
Paternal Leave
Adoption Leave
Near site Childcare Facility
Employee Assistance Program
Study Support
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
ESG Commitments and Goals
Business Resource Groups
Career Development Programs
Mentoring Programs
Invesco Cares
Dress for your Day
In Invesco, we offer development opportunities that help you thrive as a lifelong learner in a constantly evolving business environment and ensure your constant growth. Our AI enabled learning platform delivers curated content based on your role and interest. We ensure our manager and leaders also have many opportunities to advance their skills and competencies that becomes pivotal in their continuous pursuit of performance excellence.
To know more about us
About Invesco:
https://www.invesco.com/corporate/en/home.html
About our Culture:
https://www.invesco.com/corporate/en/about-us/our-culture.html
About our D&I policy:
https://www.invesco.com/corporate/en/our-commitments/diversity-and-inclusion.html
About our CR program:
https://www.invesco.com/corporate/en/our-commitments/corporate-responsibility.html
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