Are you a Staff-level Software engineer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges? Do you enjoy raising the bar for technical standards in your organization? Does working at a high-growth scale-up appeal to you?

If so, read on. My client, an award-winning product company is looking to bring on board a Principal Engineer to elevate their Tech teams and set new benchmarks for coding excellence. 🚀

This role will drive the architecture, design, and development of the core platform. If data platforms, real-time analytics, and building scalable solutions is your thing, this is the place to be.

It is a permanent role and can be based anywhere in Canada ( must work MST times). Compensation includes base salary, stock options and 4 weeks vacation.

Key Responsibilities

Architect and implement scalable, high-performance distributed systems for data processing and activation.
Design and optimize storage, indexing, and retrieval mechanisms for large-scale structured and unstructured data.
Define and enforce best practices for system reliability, security, scalability, and maintainability.
Ensure seamless integration between the front-end, activation layer, backend, machine learning pipelines, and data infrastructure.
Provide technical leadership across engineering teams, guiding design decisions and code quality.
Work closely with product managers, data scientists, and business stakeholders to align engineering efforts with company objectives.
Lead and participate in technical design discussions, architecture reviews, and performance optimization strategies.
Design data pipelines that efficiently handle high-velocity, high-volume event streams.
Optimize system performance for low-latency and high-throughput data activation.
Design and deploy cloud-native solutions on platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure.
Implement containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes for orchestration and scalability.
Collaborate with DevOps teams to improve CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and observability of production systems.

What you'll need:

Must-Have:

10+ years of experience in backend or full-stack software development.
Proficiency in at least one major programming language such as Python, Java, Scala, or Go.
Strong knowledge of cloud platforms
Experience at SAAS companies
Experience working with real-time data processing frameworks like Flink, Spark Streaming, or Kafka Streams.
Hands-on experience with both SQL and NoSQL databases.
Familiarity with container orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.

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