PointClickCare is searching for a Principal Data Engineer to contribute to best-practice data engineering by designing and rigorously delivering production-grade streaming pipelines on a regular basis, while also encouraging and optimizing the daily execution of technical excellence across an empowered team.
Requirements
- 10+ years of professional experience in software or data engineering, including a minimum of 4 years focused on streaming and real-time data systems
- Proven experience driving technical direction and mentoring engineers while delivering complex, high-scale solutions as a hands-on contributor
- Deep expertise in streaming and real-time data technologies, including frameworks such as Apache Kafka, Flink, and Spark Streaming
- Strong understanding of event-driven architectures and distributed systems, with hands-on experience implementing resilient, low-latency pipelines
- Practical experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and containerized deployments for data workloads
- Fluency in data quality practices and CI/CD integration, including schema management, automated testing, and validation frameworks (e.g., dbt, Great Expectations)
- Operational excellence in observability, with experience implementing metrics, logging, tracing, and alerting for data pipelines using modern tools
- Solid foundation in data governance and performance optimization, ensuring reliability and scalability across batch and streaming environments
- Experience with Lakehouse architectures and related technologies, including Databricks, Azure ADLS Gen2, and Apache Hudi
- Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders and evangelize modern data practices within your team and across the organization
Benefits
- Retirement Plan Matching
- Flexible Paid Time Off
- Wellness Support Programs and Resources
- Parental & Caregiver Leaves
- Fertility & Adoption Support
- Continuous Development Support Program
- Employee Assistance Program
- Allyship and Inclusion Communities
- Employee Recognition
