Key skills
Data engineeringKafkaCloud-native architectureClickHouseSnowflakeIcebergLeadership skillsCollaboration skillsAIMLData EngineeringAWSAzureGCPLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration
About this role
Harnham is a high-growth, product-led tech company seeking a Principal Data Platform Engineer to lead the design and build of a modern, scalable data platform. The role involves partnering with leadership to create a low-latency, cloud-native data architecture and tackle petabyte-scale data challenges.
Responsibilities:
- Design and build a next-gen data platform to power product and internal use cases
- Architect for batch + streaming, scalability, fault tolerance, and low latency
- Lead data modeling, warehousing, governance, and ingestion best practices
- Champion engineering excellence and mentor senior engineers
- Align technical decisions with long-term business strategy
- Optimize for performance, cost, and resiliency in a modern cloud environment
Requirements:
- 8+ years of experience in data engineering or platform architecture
- 5+ years at the Principal Engineer level or equivalent
- Deep expertise with Kafka (and its ecosystem), streaming data systems
- Strong experience with ClickHouse, Iceberg, Snowflake, or similar tools
- Cloud-native architecture expertise (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- Track record of designing data systems for compliance and governance
- Experience scaling systems to support petabyte-level workloads
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills
- Experience enabling AI/ML platforms or preparing for IPO-scale growth