Principal Platform Engineer (US)
QVC
- Location
- Hybrid (Pennsylvania Remote, Pennsylvania)
- Employment
- Full-time
- Level
- Senior Level
About the Role
Join QVC Group, a live social shopping company with six leading retail brands, as a Principal Platform Engineer. You will be a senior technical leader shaping the future of enterprise database and data platform environments, ensuring scalability, security, and reliability.
Skills
Benefits
- Paid Time Off
- Employee Assistance Program
- Parental Leave
- Company Discounts
- Health Care Benefits
- 401(k)
- Tuition Reimbursement
Perks
- Remote Work
Full job details
Your Opportunity, Your Team
The Principal Platform Engineer supports QVC, and serves as a senior technical leader responsible for shaping the future of our enterprise database and data platform environment. You will combine engineering expertise with strategic influence to ensure our database platforms are scalable, secure, resilient, and built to enable fast, reliable delivery across both on-premises and cloud ecosystems.
Where You'll Work
This role is remote; job seekers must reside in one of the following states to be considered: PA, NJ, DE. This role may require you to be on site in West Chester, PA as needed.
What You'll Do
Lead the design, evolution, and modernization of enterprise database platforms across cloud and on-premises environments, with a focus on scalability, reliability, performance, and security.
Define database engineering standards, best practices, and automation approaches that improve operational consistency and accelerate delivery.
Partner with architecture, engineering, analytics, and product teams to deliver resilient database solutions aligned to business and technology priorities.
Drive performance tuning, capacity planning, high availability/disaster recovery, and complex issue resolution across critical database environments.
Mentor engineers and act as a thought leader, helping elevate engineering standards and modern database practices across the organization.
What You'll Bring
10+ years of experience in database engineering, platform engineering, or data platform engineering within complex enterprise environments.
Deep expertise in relational and NoSQL databases, including strong experience with Azure database services, database modernization, and cloud adoption.
Proven success in performance tuning, automation, HA/DR, security, and governance, with the ability to influence stakeholders and mentor technical teams.
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Our Total Rewards package includes benefits you’ll love such as competitive compensation, paid time off, an employee assistance program, parental leave, paid volunteer hours, and amazing company discounts! In our US market, you can also expect health care benefits starting on day 1, 401(k), and tuition reimbursement benefits.
QVC Group is committed to inclusion and belonging for all and ensuring that our workplace provides equal employment opportunities for all team members and candidates and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. As an equal opportunity employer, QVC Group is committed to a barrier-free employment process. If you need reasonable accommodations/support throughout, please contact us at workwithus@qvcgrp.com for assistance.
If provided, salary ranges are a general guideline only, and actual salaries will vary and are based on factors such as a candidate's qualifications, skills, experience, and geographic location as well as business and market conditions.