Principal Data Engineer - PerfectScale by DoiT
Location:UK, Ireland, Estonia, Netherlands, Sweden, Israel, East Europe, Portugal
Languages:English
Seniority level:Principal, 8+ years
Experience:8+ years
Skills:
Backend DevelopmentDockerLeadershipPostgreSQLKubernetesSoftware ArchitectureClickhouseData engineeringGoCI/CDDevOpsMicroservicesDebugging
Requirements:
- 8+ years of backend engineering experience.
- 3+ years architecting high-load systems or data pipelines in a production environment.
- Deep expertise in distributed systems using modern languages (Go, Java, Rust, or Python).
- Strong, hands-on experience with relational and analytical databases (Postgres, ClickHouse preferred).
- Proven experience with microservices, containers, and modern DevOps practices (Docker, Kubernetes, GitOps, CI/CD).
- Demonstrated ability to combine hands-on coding with architectural leadership.
- Strong debugging, benchmarking, and performance optimization skills.
Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and deploy large-scale distributed systems and high-throughput data pipelines using Go and cloud-native technologies.
- Lead system-wide architectural decisions, focusing on data flow, performance, and resilience.
- Actively contribute to the codebase with high-quality code.
- Lead major technical initiatives, reduce technical debt, and ensure platform reliability and scalability.
- Champion best engineering practices, code quality, testing, and maintainability.
- Collaborate with product and engineering teams to define the technical roadmap, review architecture, and mentor junior engineers.
