Principal Data Platform Engineer

8th Light

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8th Light is an elite global custom software consultancy and digital product engineering powerhouse, built on a foundational philosophy of craftsmanship, rigorous DevSecOps, and continuous technological evolution. Functioning as the premium "intelligence and deployment layer" for ambitious organizations—ranging from fast-growing scaleups to Fortune 500 giants like Pfizer and Grubhub—the company eliminates the systemic friction of fragmented codebases, legacy platform decay, and fragile product architectures. Moving beyond the standard software factory models, 8th Light uniquely runs an elite Agentic AI Studio, bridging the gap between raw generative AI capabilities and robust, production-ready enterprise applications. Their interdisciplinary team of employee-owners seamlessly orchestrates rapid innovation discovery, AI-driven pattern intelligence, and scalable, cloud-native API-first platforms that are engineered to survive high-velocity market environments. Under the hood, their sophisticated methodology anchors autonomous multi-modal workflows with hardened governance, real-time observability, and audit-ready execution boundaries. What sets 8th Light apart is its uncompromising dedication to human-centered design coupled with deep technical rigor; by neutralizing operational technical debt and eliminating systemic engineering bottlenecks, the firm empowers commercial enterprises to radically accelerate their digital product velocity and build an unassailable foundation for long-term institutional success in the modern, AI-transformed global marketplace.