PrincipalDataEngineer/TechnicalLead

Unqork empowers enterprises to accelerate growth by rapidly building, testing, and running applications that are designed to be AI-native. Trusted by the world’s largest organizations in highly regulated industries, these applications become more secure over time while significantly reducing technical debt—allowing businesses to focus on innovation rather than maintenance. Unqork’s customers include Goldman Sachs, Marsh, BlackRock, and the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. At Unqork, we value inclusive and innovative thinkers who boldly challenge the status quo. We encourage you to apply! The Impact U will make: We're seeking an experienced Principal Data Engineer/ Technical Lead who is passionate about implementation and capable of writing high-quality application code In this role, your primary goal is to design and build the services, abstraction layers, and middleware that transform application data needs into specific, high-performance database operations and serve as a dynamic player-coach for our core data engineering squad. As a technical leader, you will directly impact system performance and latency issues that affect our enterprise customers while fostering an inclusive, high-performing engineering culture. Key Responsibilities Act as a player-coach, providing technical direction, architectural guidance, and daily mentorship to a focused team of 3–5 engineers. Conduct thoughtful code reviews and foster professional growth within your squad. Design and implement sophisticated Data Access Layers (DAL) and custom ODMs to translate platform-generated, SQL-like queries into high-performance MongoDB BSON operations and aggregation pipelines. Build and maintain middleware that ensures Unqork’s core business logic remains storage-agnostic, enabling seamless modularity and flexibility across different data storage mechanisms. Architect and scale a multi-tenant, secure MongoDB ecosystem. Lead strategies for ensure high availability while performing dee