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Principal Engineer, Streaming Systems
HightouchRemote (North America) · Remote · full time · Lead / Staff / Principal
$180,000 – $400,000
Listed on Hightouch’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.
What this role is
Hightouch seeks a principal engineer to lead their streaming systems infrastructure, which processes billions of behavioral events in real-time for their marketing platform. The role involves architecting high-throughput, low-latency systems while mentoring other engineers and directly influencing the technical roadmap.
Our summary, not Hightouch’s wording. The full posting is on their site.
What they ask for
Required
- Experience architecting and maintaining distributed systems at scale
- Experience leading complex and ambitious projects
- Ability to mentor and develop engineers
- Experience with high-throughput, low-latency system design
- Track record of technical leadership and setting engineering standards
Nice to have
- Experience with streaming data platforms
- Experience with online computation services
- Experience with deduplication at scale
- Familiarity with zero-downtime deployment patterns