Principal Data Platform Engineer
Who we are:
We are a brilliant team making our history to evolve the commerce industry. fabric is the next-generation commerce platform that is designed to provide the commerce services customers expect so they can build world-class experiences, anywhere.
fabric is on a mission to revolutionize commerce for everyone, and we empower businesses that are striving to deliver commerce that drives conversion and customer outcomes. Leading retailers, including Chico’s, Brooklinen, and Ashley’s Furniture, trust fabric to run their modern commerce business. Headquartered in San Francisco, fabric was founded in 2017 by a group of industry veterans determined to bring the same technical principles found at Amazon to retail.
No matter what field you are in, fabric has exciting opportunities for people passionate about making a difference and skilled at what they do!
Here are four questions you should ask yourself:
- Do I believe in fabric's mission?
- Am I eager to build cool things?
- Am I excited to collaborate with brilliant people?
- Am I motivated to disrupt e-commerce?
If the answer is yes, we want to talk to you!
Where we hire:
Canada (Toronto & Vancouver)
Your next career:
At fabric, we’re building the future of agentic commerce. As a Principal Data Platform Engineer, you’ll play a foundational role in designing and scaling the data infrastructure that powers everything from agentic experiences to cutting-edge AI models. Reporting directly to the CPTO, you’ll drive engineering excellence, influence data strategy, and help shape the future of commerce technology.
Your Responsibilities:
- Design & Build: Architect a modern, scalable, and cost-effective data platform using industry best practices.
- Lead with Vision: Guide data strategy and architecture in partnership with the CPTO and engineering leaders.
- Accelerate Product Development: Collaborate with Product Managers and SDEs to launch data-intensive features and products.
- Ensure Quality & Compliance: Champion data governance, security, and high availability across all data systems.
- Mentor & Influence: Set the bar for technical excellence across engineering, sharing best practices and fostering continuous learning.
What you bring to the table:
- 10+ years of hands-on experience in data engineering or data platform roles, ideally within high-growth or startup environments.
- Proven ability to build data infrastructure from the ground up (0→1) and scale systems to support complex, high-throughput workloads across OLAP and ML use cases.
- Deep expertise in modern data architectures including ETL/ELT pipelines, Data Lakes, Warehouses, Catalogs, and Real-time Streaming.
- Cloud-native experience (AWS), including services like S3, Redshift, Glue, SageMaker, and Bedrock. Bonus for experience with Clickhouse, Airbyte, Rudderstack, Airflow, Metabase & Posthog.
- Track record of shipping production-grade data products that drive business or product impact.
- Strategic mindset with the ability to influence technical direction, guide engineering best practices, and align data work to business outcomes.
- Strong collaborator with a bias for action—equally comfortable architecting, coding, and debugging alongside engineers as advising leadership on platform evolution.
The base salary for this role will be between CAD $150K to 200K.
The annual base salary range for this full-time position reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all Canada locations. Actual pay may vary, depending on qualifications, experience and location. In addition, this role may be eligible for an annual performance bonus, equity options, and company benefits (your recruiter can share more details during the hiring process). Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed above.
What we bring to the table:
- Competitive compensation packages
- PTO and Holiday plans
- Benefits packages which include Medical, Dental, Life, and Vision
- Wellness & Technology Programs
- Retirement Savings Plan
- Fast-paced, fun and collaborative environment
- A team invested in you both personally and professionally
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At fabric, we are on a mission to revolutionize the commerce industry, and we’re looking for a Principal Data Platform Engineer to join our talented team in either Vancouver or Toronto. If you're excited about building modern, scalable data platforms, this role is for you! In your position, you will work directly with our CPTO, playing a pivotal role in designing data infrastructure that supports everything from innovative agentic experiences to advanced AI models. Your responsibilities will include architecting data solutions following industry best practices, collaborating closely with Product Managers and Software Development Engineers to launch data-intensive features, and ensuring that our data governance meets the highest standards. We are searching for someone with at least 10 years of hands-on experience and a strong background in building data infrastructures from the ground up. Your expertise should include modern data architectures and cloud-native services, especially AWS. At fabric, we prioritize collaboration and mentorship, so you will have the chance to set the standard for technical excellence within the engineering team while fostering a learning environment. With a competitive salary range of CAD $150K to 200K and an array of benefits, including performance bonuses and flexible working options, you will be joining a passionate team eager to disrupt the e-commerce landscape. If you believe in our mission and are ready to build amazing solutions with extraordinary minds, we want to hear from you!
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