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Principal / Sr. Principal Software Engineer - Backend

at Northrop Grumman

📍 United States-California-San Diego Hybrid 💰 $114K – $171K USD / year Posted March 19, 2026
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Position Details

Salary $114K – $171K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience mid
Exp. Years Not specified
Education Not specified
Category Data & Analytics

About this role

The Data & Analytics role at Northrop Grumman involves designing and building high-performance ETL pipelines, optimizing data workflows, and supporting data-driven decision-making in a defense and aerospace context.

Key Responsibilities

  • Architect and develop ETL solutions
  • Optimize data workflows
  • Collaborate with data scientists
  • Write maintainable code
  • Champion best practices

Technical Overview

Environment includes Python, SQLAlchemy, SQL Server, Git, Docker, with a focus on data pipeline development, data modeling, and automation.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a mid-level data engineer with experience in building ETL pipelines, data modeling, and working with relational and NoSQL databases. They are skilled in Python, SQL, and CI/CD automation, with a focus on data quality and performance.

Must-Have Skills

Architect and develop ETL solutionsOptimize data workflowsCollaborate with data scientists and analystsWrite maintainable Python and SQL codeChampion software engineering best practices

Nice-to-Have Skills

Experience with relational and NoSQL databasesExperience with CI/CD automationData workflow tuningExperience with on-premise infrastructure

Tools & Platforms

PythonSQLAlchemySQL ServerGitDocker

Required Skills

Architect and develop ETL solutionsOptimize data workflowsCollaborate with data scientists and analystsWrite maintainable Python and SQL codeChampion software engineering best practices

Hard Skills

PythonSQLAlchemySQL ServerETLData modelingNoSQLData pipelinesTestingCI/CDGitDockerData storageData workflows

Soft Skills

collaborationproblem-solvingattention to detailcommunicationteamworkanalytical thinking

Industry & Role

Industry Defense / Government / Aerospace
Job Function Developing and maintaining data pipelines and infrastructure for analytics
Role Subtype Data Engineer
Tech Domains Python, SQLAlchemy, SQL Server, NoSQL, Git, Docker

Keywords for Your Resume

data engineerETL pipelinesPythonSQLSQL ServerNoSQLData modelingData workflowsData pipelinesData storageData processingCI/CDGitDockerData optimizationData architectureData engineeringData analysispythonsqlsql servernosqldata modelingdata workflowsdata pipelinesdata storageci/cd

Deal Breakers

Lack of experience with ETL development, No knowledge of SQL Server or NoSQL databases, No experience with Python or data workflows, Unfamiliar with CI/CD tools, Lack of collaboration skills

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