acceldata
Principal Engineer - Open Source Data Platform (ODP)
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Sponsorship not specifiedCAD 210k-CAD 240kDetected 221 days ago
PythonJavaScalaDistributed SystemsKubernetesKafkaMachine LearningSparkLLMsMLOpsExcelHRISResearchLeadershipCommunicationHadoop
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About the role
- You will work directly with engineering leadership and executives to shape product direction while driving innovation across the organization.
- As a Principal Engineer at Acceldata, you will be at the forefront of shaping the future of enterprise data platforms, defining the technical vision for systems that power mission-critical workloads across the world's largest organizations.
- Your decisions will directly influence not only our platform but also the broader data ecosystem through open-source contributions and industry leadership.
Responsibilities
- Define and drive the long-term technical strategy and architecture for the Open Data Platform, aligning with business objectives and industry trends.
- Own the design of the most complex, high-impact systems and establish architectural principles and patterns that scale across the organization.
- lead research and development initiatives that position Acceldata at the cutting edge of data platform innovation.
- drive Apache project contributions, represent Acceldata at conferences, and influence project roadmaps.
- Collaborate with CTO, VP of Engineering, and Product leadership to translate business strategy into technical execution
- develop technical leadership capabilities across the organization.
- Lead resolution of the most challenging technical problems spanning architecture, performance, scalability, and reliability.
- Identify emerging technologies and industry trends; lead research and development initiatives that position Acceldata at the cutting edge of data platform innovation.
- Serve as a recognized leader in the open-source community; drive Apache project contributions, represent Acceldata at conferences, and influence project roadmaps.
- Collaborate with CTO, VP of Engineering, and Product leadership to translate business strategy into technical execution; provide technical due diligence for strategic initiatives.
Requirements
- 12+ years of hands-on software development experience with at least 8 years focused on distributed systems, big data platforms, or data infrastructure.
- Proven track record of leading large-scale technical initiatives from conception to production across multiple teams.
- Expert-level proficiency in Java or Scala
- Deep expertise in distributed computing, including consensus protocols, distributed transactions, data replication, partitioning strategies, and optimization with modern table formats.
- Extensive experience in architecting and scaling systems using Hadoop, Spark, Hive, Trino, Kafka, Flink, and related technologies at production scale (100s to 1000s of nodes).
- Expert knowledge of cloud-native architectures, Kubernetes orchestration, and multi-cloud deployment patterns.
- Track record of diagnosing and resolving complex distributed system issues, including performance optimization, resource management, and failure mode analysis.
- experience working with distributed global teams and open-source governance models.
- proven ability to influence technical direction across organizations and with external stakeholders.
Compensation
- CAD 210k-CAD 240k
Company info
- Acceldata is the market leader in Enterprise Data Observability.
- Founded in 2018 and backed by top investors including Insight Partners, March Capital, Lightspeed, Sorenson Ventures, Industry Ventures, and Emergent Ventures, we are a Series-C funded company headquartered in Silicon Valley.
- Delivered as a SaaS solution, Acceldata is trusted by leading global organizations such as HPE, HSBC, Visa, Freddie Mac, Manulife, Workday, Oracle, PubMatic, PhonePe (Walmart), Hershey's, Dun & Bradstreet, and many more.
- Our Enterprise Data Observability Platform-the first of its kind-helps enterprises build and operate world-class data products by ensuring data is reliable, trusted, and ready to power today's most critical technologies, including AI, LLMs, Analytics, and DataOps.
- This is a rare opportunity to combine deep technical impact with strategic influence, building technology that matters while shaping the direction of a growing data observability company.
- Engage with strategic customers and partners on complex technical discussions
- Engage with strategic customers and partners on complex technical discussions; translate customer needs into platform capabilities.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Delivered as a SaaS solution, Acceldata is trusted by leading global organizations such as HPE, HSBC, Visa, Freddie Mac, Manulife, Workday, Oracle, PubMatic, PhonePe (Walmart), Hershey's, Dun & Bradstreet, and many more.
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