PIPELINE - L5 Principal Software Engineer - Core Data

📋 Description

• Design and implement core data platform capabilities (e.g., event ingestion/CDC, stream processing
• Define and uphold SLOs for data freshness, availability, and correctness; author/run readiness
• Author ADRs/RFCs, land data contracts and schema governance, and standardize connectors and
• Profile, tune, and right-size systems for performance and cost; partner with FinOps on
• Pair with product teams and analytics/ML to expose the right abstractions and unblock customer
• Contribute high-quality code and reviews; mentor Staff/ Sr. engineers across pillars through

🎯 Requirements

• Experience: 10+ years building and operating distributed data systems (e.g., Kafka/PubSub
• Technical expertise: Data ingestion/CDC, stream processing, batch orchestration, lakehouse
• AI tools & automation: You apply ML/GenAI to data platforms - semantic catalog search
• Influence & enablement: You land data contracts, connectors, and templates that speed delivery
• AI fluency (Klaviyo default): You experiment, learn fast, and share AI wins responsibly.

🎁 Benefits

• In addition to base salary, our total compensation package may include participation in the