Principal Engineer, Data Engineering (Hybrid)

Principal Engineer, Data Engineering is a key leadership role in the data organization. Reporting to the Director of Data, this person will run the technical roadmap and strategy for the data and machine learning platforms. 

You will make an impact by

• Partnering closely with senior leadership to develop a multi-year technical strategy for the data platform, ensuring scalability, efficiency, and alignment with business needs.

• Architecting a robust data platform that enables efficient ingestion, transformation, and modeling of data from diverse sources, ensuring seamless integration and high availability.

• Enhancing self-service analytics capabilities by designing and implementing a strategy for well-structured, reliable reporting datasets that empower business users and analysts.

• Optimizing data workflows to improve query performance, data freshness, and overall reliability, enabling faster insights and decision-making.

• Establishing and enforcing best practices for data governance, quality, lineage, and security across the data platform.

• Providing technical mentorship and guidance to analytics and data engineers, fostering a culture of best practices, knowledge sharing, and continuous learning.

• Evaluating and implementing modern data tools and technologies, ensuring the platform remains at the forefront of industry best practices.

• Developing and implementing effective communication strategies to translate technical concepts for both technical and non-technical stakeholders, enabling better cross-functional collaboration.

• Building strong partnerships across Engineering, Product, Infrastructure, Security, Analytics, and Design teams to solve cross-functional challenges and drive data-driven decision-making.

You are a bar raiser, which means you come with:

• Over 10  years of software development experience, with 7+ years specializing in data engineering and analytics.

• Expertise in architecting, designing, and implementing large-scale data platforms, optimizing data pipelines, and enabling self-service analytics.

• Demonstrated leadership in driving data strategy, including data modeling, governance, and platform scalability.

• Strong problem-solving skills with a strategic mindset and attention to detail, ensuring efficient data processing and high-quality datasets.

• Effective communicator and collaborator across technical and non-technical stakeholders, enabling data-driven decision-making.

• Proficient in Python, SQL, Redshift, Spark, Databricks, DBT, Git, and other modern data technologies.

• Proven track record in establishing processes for high-quality software development, data reliability, and operational excellence.

What We Offer

• 💰 Ownership & Savings: Stock options + TFSA/RRSP with 4% company match

• 🏥 Health & Wellness: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision for you and your dependents

• ⏰ Time Flexibility: Flex time off + company holidays + designated focus periods

• 👨‍💻 Ideal Setup: 3 days WFH (Mon/Thu/Fri), 2 collaborative office days (Tue/Wed)

• 👶 Family Support: Maternity/Parental Leave EI top-up support offered (after 6 months of service)

• 🌟 Work Your Way: Work From Anywhere Month + meeting-free weeks yearly

• 🛡️ Protection Plans: Life insurance + short/long-term disability coverage

• 🍽️ Workspace Perks: Meals provided, team offsites, and Customer Days

What to Expect During the Interview Process

• Meet the Talent Acquisition team, Mavel W.

• Meet the Hiring Manager, Kanchana P. 

• Participate in two Technical Interviews 

• Meet the Leadership team

• Professional Reference Checks

• Background Check + Offer Stage

• Welcome to the team, Homie💜🎉

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Homebase

At Homebase, we take pride in fostering a welcoming space where every Homie of every gender, age, orientation, culture, and walk of life can be their full selves. Diverse perspectives empower us to build the best-in-class platform for small businesses and hourly shift workers. We recognize that experience comes in many forms, so if you think you’re close to what we’re looking for (even if you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications), we encourage you to apply!

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About Us

Our mission is to make small business teams unstoppable.

Homebase is the everything app for hourly teams, with employee scheduling, time clocks, payroll, team communication, HR, and more. More than 100,000 small (but mighty) businesses rely on Homebase to make work radically easy and give their teams superpowers. As the leader in small business team management, Homebase tracked 1+ billion hours for 2.5+ million workers last year.

We're based in San Francisco, Houston, Denver, and Toronto. We're backed by leading venture investors L Catterton Growth, Emerson Collective, Notable Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Baseline Ventures, Cowboy Ventures, Bedrock Capital, and PLUS Capital.

You'll be part of an unstoppable team that puts customers first, embraces each day with excitement, and strives for excellence in everything you do. We’re revolutionizing the way small businesses manage their teams and grow their business. What this means for you is a shared passion for innovation and making a difference for the people we serve.

So what do you say, will you join us on our mission to empower small businesses?