fabric is a next-generation commerce platform designed to provide the commerce services customers expect, enabling the creation of world-class experiences.
The company aims to revolutionize commerce for everyone and empowers businesses to drive conversion and customer outcomes.
As a Principal Data Platform Engineer, you will play a foundational role in designing and scaling the data infrastructure that supports agentic experiences and AI models.
You will report directly to the CPTO and will be responsible for driving engineering excellence and influencing data strategy.
Your responsibilities include architecting a modern, scalable, and cost-effective data platform, guiding data strategy in partnership with leadership, collaborating with Product Managers and SDEs to launch data-intensive features, ensuring data governance and security, and mentoring engineering teams.
Requirements:
You must have 10+ years of hands-on experience in data engineering or data platform roles, preferably in high-growth or startup environments.
A proven ability to build data infrastructure from the ground up and scale systems for complex, high-throughput workloads is essential.
Deep expertise in modern data architectures, including ETL/ELT pipelines, Data Lakes, Warehouses, Catalogs, and Real-time Streaming is required.
Cloud-native experience, particularly with AWS services such as S3, Redshift, Glue, SageMaker, and Bedrock, is necessary; experience with Clickhouse, Airbyte, Rudderstack, Airflow, Metabase, and Posthog is a bonus.
You should have a track record of shipping production-grade data products that have a significant business or product impact.
A strategic mindset with the ability to influence technical direction and align data work to business outcomes is important.
Strong collaboration skills and a bias for action are required, as you will be expected to architect, code, debug, and advise leadership on platform evolution.
Benefits:
Competitive compensation packages are offered, with a base salary range of CAD $150K to 200K, depending on qualifications, experience, and location.
The role may be eligible for an annual performance bonus, equity options, and additional company benefits.
PTO and holiday plans are included in the benefits package.
Comprehensive benefits packages that cover Medical, Dental, Life, and Vision are provided.
Wellness and technology programs are available to employees.
A Retirement Savings Plan is part of the benefits offered.
The work environment is fast-paced, fun, and collaborative, with a team that is invested in both personal and professional development.
