Principal Data Platform Engineer

Summary

Join fabric, a next-generation commerce platform revolutionizing the industry, as a Principal Data Platform Engineer. You will play a key role in designing and scaling the data infrastructure supporting agentic experiences and AI models. Reporting to the CPTO, you will drive engineering excellence, influence data strategy, and shape the future of commerce technology. This position offers a competitive salary (CAD $150K to $200K), performance bonuses, equity options, and comprehensive benefits. The ideal candidate possesses extensive data engineering experience, expertise in modern data architectures, and a proven ability to build and scale data infrastructure. You will collaborate with various teams, mentor engineers, and ensure data quality and compliance.

Requirements

• 10+ years of hands-on experience in data engineering or data platform roles, ideally within high-growth or startup environments
• Proven ability to build data infrastructure from the ground up (0→1) and scale systems to support complex, high-throughput workloads across OLAP and ML use cases
• Deep expertise in modern data architectures including ETL/ELT pipelines, Data Lakes, Warehouses, Catalogs, and Real-time Streaming
• Cloud-native experience (AWS), including services like S3, Redshift, Glue, SageMaker, and Bedrock
• Track record of shipping production-grade data products that drive business or product impact
• Strategic mindset with the ability to influence technical direction, guide engineering best practices, and align data work to business outcomes
• Strong collaborator with a bias for action—equally comfortable architecting, coding, and debugging alongside engineers as advising leadership on platform evolution

Responsibilities

• Design & Build: Architect a modern, scalable, and cost-effective data platform using industry best practices
• Lead with Vision: Guide data strategy and architecture in partnership with the CPTO and engineering leaders
• Accelerate Product Development: Collaborate with Product Managers and SDEs to launch data-intensive features and products
• Ensure Quality & Compliance: Champion data governance, security, and high availability across all data systems
• Mentor & Influence: Set the bar for technical excellence across engineering, sharing best practices and fostering continuous learning

Preferred Qualifications

Bonus for experience with Clickhouse, Airbyte, Rudderstack, Airflow, Metabase & Posthog

Benefits

• Competitive compensation packages
• PTO and Holiday plans
• Benefits packages which include Medical, Dental, Life, and Vision
• Wellness & Technology Programs
• Retirement Savings Plan