Summary
Join fabric, a next-generation commerce platform revolutionizing the industry, as a Principal Distributed Systems Engineer. You will play a key role in designing and scaling the data platform powering fabric's Agentic AI platform. This position requires a strong background in building distributed data systems and a proven ability to scale systems for complex workloads. You will collaborate with product managers and engineers, champion data governance, and mentor other engineers. The role offers a competitive compensation package, including a base salary between CAD $150K and $200K, performance bonuses, equity options, and comprehensive benefits.
Requirements
- 10+ years of hands-on experience building distributed data systems, backend services and core infrastructure in high-growth or startup environments
- Proven ability to build data infrastructure from the ground up (0โ1) and scale systems to support complex, high-throughput workloads across across OLTP, OLAP and AI/ 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 actionโequally 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 - aligning infrastructure investments with long-term business and product goals
- 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
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