Principal Data Developer (ClickHouse)

TL;DR

Principal Data Developer (ClickHouse/AWS): Building and optimizing a scalable data lake and distributed data services to power SaaS products with an accent on OLAP databases and high-performance analytical workloads. Focus on designing high-availability data pipelines, optimizing ClickHouse architecture, and implementing modern data lake formats like Apache Iceberg.

Location: Hybrid (Toronto, Canada)

Salary: 160,000 - 180,000 CAD per year

Company

hirify.global provides enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure and SaaS products, recognized as a Great Place to Work in Canada.

What you will do

• Design, develop, and operate a highly reliable large-scale data lake and associated services.
• Build and maintain data pipelines to facilitate message movement and implement analytics jobs.
• Collaborate with Application and Platform teams to influence and execute the overall data strategy.
• Drive critical technical decisions regarding scalability, system performance, and high-level architecture.
• Optimize network configurations to ensure low-latency communication and high availability.
• Implement data protection mechanisms to safeguard critical data from edge to core.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience designing and building large-scale distributed data platforms.
• Expert-level proficiency with ClickHouse architecture, including cluster design and performance optimization.
• Strong experience with open table formats such as Apache Iceberg, Parquet, and Delta Lake.
• Advanced software engineering skills in Python (including async), Golang, and C/C++.
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes, containers, CI/CD, and AWS infrastructure.
• Must be able to work in a hybrid capacity from the Toronto office.

Nice to have

• Experience with GCP or Azure cloud platforms.
• Kubernetes certifications such as CKAD or CKA.
• Experience with data frameworks like Pandas, Polars, DuckDB, Dask, Ray, or Prefect.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salary with a discretionary bonus plan.
• Certified workplace focusing on mental health, inclusion, and diversity.
• Opportunity to work at the forefront of cloud infrastructure technology.
• Inclusive environment supporting youth and women in tech.