Digital Extremes
Principal Data Engineer
London, Ontario · Principal
Work authorization required$115k-$125kDetected 34 days ago
BashiOSSQLNoSQLPostgreSQLMongoDBLinuxData EngineeringComplianceUnreal EngineEpicCommunicationCollaboration
About the role
- Digital Extremes is committed to providing a fair, equitable, and competitive package that reflects the value a candidate brings.
- Salary Range: $115,000 - $125,000 Existing Vacancy: Yes - we're currently hiring candidates for an existing vacancy in this position We believe in the power of human connection.
Responsibilities
- Infrastructure Strategy & Ownership: Manage and optimize self-hosted database and data warehousing solutions. Oversee performance tuning, hardware planning, and OS-level monitoring for large-scale data systems.
- Pipeline Architecture: Design, develop, and maintain robust ETL/ELT pipelines for data ingestion and processing from varied, complex data sources.
- Technical Execution: Drive large-scale technical projects from design to delivery, making key architectural decisions and managing technical risk.
- Collaboration: Partner with data scientists, analysts, and business stakeholders to translate complex data requirements into scalable infrastructure.
- Infrastructure Strategy & Ownership: Manage and optimize self-hosted database and data warehousing solutions.
- Design, develop, and maintain robust ETL/ELT pipelines for data ingestion and processing from varied, complex data sources.
- Drive large-scale technical projects from design to delivery, making key architectural decisions and managing technical risk.
- Partner with data scientists, analysts, and business stakeholders to translate complex data requirements into scalable infrastructure.
Requirements
- Deep Database Foundations: Extensive hands-on experience managing and optimizing database management systems, specifically PostgreSQL and MongoDB (both relational and NoSQL ecosystems).
- Self-Hosted Mastery: Proven experience setting up, maintaining, and tuning self-hosted/on-premise databases and data warehouses.
- System Environment: Strong proficiency in SQL and deep comfort working within Linux/Unix environments (command line, shell scripting, system performance tuning).
- Data Orchestration: Hands-on experience with modern ETL orchestration tools such as Dagster or Airflow.
- Data Modeling: In-depth knowledge of core data warehousing concepts and relational data modeling.
- Technical Ownership: Proven track record of owning complex technical systems, driving implementation, and ensuring architectural standards are met.
- Communication: Ability to clearly communicate technical decisions, trade-offs, and infrastructure constraints to both engineering teams and non-technical stakeholders.
- "Applicants must be legally eligible to work in Canada at the time of application."
- Strong proficiency in SQL and deep comfort working within Linux/Unix environments (command line, shell scripting, system performance tuning).
- Hands-on experience with modern ETL orchestration tools such as Dagster or Airflow.
Skills
- Oversee performance tuning, hardware planning, and OS-level monitoring for large-scale data systems.
- Proven experience setting up, maintaining, and tuning self-hosted/on-premise databases and data warehouses.
- Yes - we're currently hiring candidates for an existing vacancy in this position
- All applications are reviewed by human, qualified recruiters.
Compensation
- $115,000 - $125,000
- Existing Vacancy: Yes - we're currently hiring candidates for an existing vacancy in this position
- We believe in the power of human connection. At Digital Extremes, we do not use artificial intelligence (AI) to screen, assess, or select candidates. All applications are reviewed by human, qualified recruiters.
- During your interview, our recruitment team will leverage Gemini as a note-taker only. At Digital Extremes, a core value of our studio is that we do not leverage AI in any of our development processes
- this is a strict company policy.
- Please note that we permit the use of AI tools exclusively for administrative support, it is not used for candidate selection, screening, or any part of the decision-making process.
Benefits
- Please note, some benefits may be subject to eligibility for employees.
Equal opportunity
- We are an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a welcoming, accessible, and supportive environment where everyone can do their best work and feel valued for who they are.
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