BlueCat

BlueCat

Principal Data Developer

Toronto Office · Principal

Sponsorship not specified$160k-$180kDetected 58 days ago
PythonGoDistributed SystemsAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsKubernetesCI/CDRESTPandasData AnalysisData EngineeringTCP/IPDNSLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationMentoring

About the role

  • We're BlueCat-a Great Place to Work for good reason.
  • Our team solves critical network challenges for some of the world's largest organizations.
  • But what makes us different is how we work: we believe great work happens in an environment where you're trusted, heard, and supported.

Responsibilities

  • You will be responsible for building our data lake, maintaining our data pipelines / services and facilitating the movement of messages and implementing data analytics jobs.
  • High-Level Design and Architecture
  • Design, develop, and operate highly reliable large-scale data lake
  • Partner closely with Applications teams to understand requirements and influence the Data strategy by providing expert advice on design and architecture
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create innovative solutions.
  • Optimize network configurations to ensure low-latency communication and high availability.
  • Implement data protection mechanisms to safeguard critical data processed from the edge to the core.
  • In simple terms, we manage the systems that keep networks running smoothly, securely, and reliably-the backbone infrastructure that powers digital transformation for enterprises globally.

Requirements

  • Experience influencing technical direction, mentoring senior engineers, and acting as a technical leader for strategic platform initiatives.
  • 10+ years of hands-on experience designing and building large-scale distributed data platforms, with deep expertise in OLAP databases, query engines, data lakes, object storage, distributed file systems, and analytics infrastructure.
  • Strong experience building modern data lake architectures around ClickHouse, including integration with open table formats such as Apache Iceberg, Parquet, and Delta Lake.
  • Passion for designing and building scalable, high-quality REST APIs and distributed services, while mentoring other engineers in API and platform design best practices.
  • Strong expertise in infrastructure optimization, performance engineering, scalability, reliability, and operational excellence, with the ability to drive measurable improvements in latency, throughput, and availability.

Nice to have

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • Proven expert-level experience with ClickHouse architecture, performance optimization, cluster design, data modeling, ingestion pipelines, storage engines, replication, partitioning, and large-scale analytical workloads.
  • Excellent software engineering and coding skills with production experience in Python (including async programming), Golang, and C/C++.
  • Deep understanding of high-performance data processing, vectorized query execution, parallel/distributed compute frameworks, and low-latency analytical systems.
  • Experience with modern data processing and analytics frameworks such as Pandas, Polars, DuckDB, Dask, Ray, Prefect, Bodo, or equivalent technologies.
  • Strong understanding of cloud-native distributed systems, including Kubernetes, containers, CI/CD, observability, infrastructure automation, and production operations.
  • Experience deploying and operating large-scale data platforms in AWS
  • experience with GCP and Azure is considered a plus.

Compensation

  • This position offers a salary range of 160,000 - 180,000 CAD per year plus participation in a discretionary bonus plan.

Benefits

  • This position offers a salary range of 160,000 - 180,000 CAD per year plus participation in a discretionary bonus plan.
  • In addition, we offer a range of appealing perks, including:

Company info

  • we believe great work happens in an environment where you're trusted, heard, and supported.
  • With teams globally, we're building a workplace culture that values collaboration and integrity as much as innovation.
  • If you're looking to advance your career with a company that invests in its people, this is it.
  • Our Intelligent Network Operations platform delivers and enables AI-driven agentic ops at scale, automating and simplifying how companies manage, secure, and optimize their networks.
  • At our core, we champion values such as transparency, curiosity, respect, and above all, the pursuit of enjoyment.

Equal opportunity

  • Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity.
  • We also take affirmative action to offer employment and advancement opportunities to all applicants, including minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities.
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