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3M

Diversified technology manufacturer of adhesives, PPE.

Principal Data Engineering

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/14/2026
No salary listed
Expert
Bachelor's, Master's, PhD
Sumaré, State of São Paulo, Brazil
In PersonAt least four days per week on-site at 3M Sumaré.
Data & AnalyticsData Engineering

About the job

Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, or equivalent education or experience.
  • Professional experience in data management, data governance, and data warehouse or Lakehouse design and development, with proficiency in SQL and NoSQL data management systems.
  • Proficiency in developing and architecting modern distributed cloud architecture and workloads using AWS and Databricks.
  • Extensive experience and proficiency with Python, Apache Spark, PySpark, and data warehouse or Lakehouse technologies, preferably Databricks.
  • Hands-on experience using Python to extract data from APIs and build data pipelines.
  • A background in data engineering, data systems, and data governance, with comfort working with structured and unstructured data and analyses.
  • Advanced English.
  • Contribute to a strong Environmental Health and Safety culture by following safety policies, identifying hazards, and engaging in continuous improvement.
Responsibilities
  • Architect, design, and build scalable, efficient, and fault-tolerant data operations.
  • Collaborate with senior leadership, analysts, engineers, and scientists to implement new mesh domain nodes and data initiatives.
  • Drive technical architecture for accelerated solution designs, including data integration, modeling, governance, and applications.
  • Explore and recommend new tools and technologies to optimize the data platform.
  • Improve and implement data engineering and analytics engineering best practices.
  • Collaborate with data engineering and domain node teams to design physical data models and mappings.
  • Work with scientists and informaticians to develop advanced digital solutions and promote digital transformation and technologies.
  • Perform code reviews, manage code performance improvements, and enforce code maintainability standards.
  • Develop and maintain scalable data pipelines for ingesting, transforming, and distributing data streams.
  • Advise and mentor 3M businesses, data scientists, and data consumers on data standards, pipeline development, and data consumption.
  • Provide technical guidance and mentorship, ensure adherence to best practices, and maintain high software quality through rigorous testing and code reviews.
  • Guide project planning and execution, manage timelines and resources, and facilitate effective communication between team members and stakeholders.
  • Foster a positive team environment, assist in recruitment, and provide training opportunities to address skill gaps.
Desired Qualifications
  • Familiarity with data mesh architecture design principles.
  • Proficiency in building data pipelines to integrate business applications and procedures.
  • Understanding of advanced Databricks concepts, including Delta Lake, MLflow, advanced notebook features, custom libraries and workflows, and Unity Catalog.
  • Experience with AWS cloud computing services and infrastructure for developing data lakes and data pipelines using technologies such as AWS S3, AWS Glue, and Elastic MapReduce, and awareness of considerations for building scalable, distributed computational systems on Spark.
  • Experience with stream-processing systems such as Amazon Kinesis, Spark, Storm, and Kafka.
  • Hands-on experience with relational SQL and NoSQL databases.
  • Experience with data quality and validation principles, data security principles, encryption, access control, authentication, and authorization.
  • Deep experience in defining and implementing feature engineering.
  • Experience with Docker containers and Kubernetes, and experience developing or interacting with APIs.
  • Experience using data orchestration workflows with open-source tools such as Temporal.io and Apache Airflow.
  • Knowledge of data visualization tools such as Dash Apps, Tableau, and Power BI.
  • Experience with agile development processes and concepts, using project management tools such as JIRA and Confluence.
  • Ability to devise and implement data engineering best practices across teams, optimize and redesign existing data engineering solutions to improve efficiency or stability, and monitor and consult with domain node teams.
  • Interpersonal, collaborative, and team-building skills to ensure effective collaboration with matrixed teams.

About the company

3M is a diversified technology and manufacturing company that offers products across sectors such as adhesives, tapes, abrasives, personal protective equipment, healthcare, automotive, home improvement, and films. Its products rely on materials science and engineering to solve tasks, from bonding surfaces and finishing surfaces to protecting people and enabling diagnostics. It differentiates itself through a large patent portfolio, a broad applied-science focus across many industries, and scale, plus ongoing sustainability efforts. Its goal is to deliver reliable solutions that tackle real-world problems while driving environmental and social responsibility and creating value across its markets.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Founded

1902

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What believers are saying

  • Q2 2026 adjusted organic sales rose 5.4%, and EPS increased 11%.
  • 3M raised 2026 EPS guidance to $8.80-$8.95 after strong first-half execution.
  • Cooling Film and AI data-center optics expand 3M into higher-growth niches.

What critics are saying

  • Montana's PFAS firefighter-gear class action survived in 2026, increasing settlement pressure.
  • Australia seeks over A$2 billion for PFAS foam damages, risking severe cash drains.
  • PFAS liabilities can overwhelm turnaround gains and force years of capital diversion.

What makes 3M unique

  • 3M's expanded-beam optics won Microsoft Azure certification in 2026.
  • 3M's 100,000-plus patents support faster launches across adhesives, healthcare, and industrials.
  • 3M's scale spans Safety, Industrial, Transportation, Electronics, and consumer channels worldwide.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Paid Vacation

Paid Sick Leave

Paid Holidays

Hybrid Work Options

Remote Work Options

Relocation Assistance

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6 month growth

1%

1 year growth

1%

2 year growth

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