Principal Data Engineer
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This role is based remotely as a full-time employee in the UK, Ireland, Estonia, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Israel. We are also open to contractors in East Europe and Portugal.Full-TimePrincipal
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Job Details
- Experience
- 8+ years of backend engineering experience, with 3+ years architecting high-load systems or data pipelines in a production environment.
- Required Skills
- DockerKubernetesClickhouseData engineeringGoPostgresCI/CDDevOpsMicroservicesDistributed Systems
Requirements
- 8+ years of backend engineering experience.
- 3+ years of experience 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).
- 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 with a focus on data flow, performance, and resilience.
- Contribute high-quality code to the platform and actively address technical debt.
- Define the technical roadmap in collaboration with product, engineering, and R&D management teams.
- Champion best engineering practices, including code quality, testing, and maintainability.
- Mentor junior engineers and conduct architectural reviews.
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