Principal Data Engineer/ Technical Lead

📋 Description

• Act as player-coach with technical direction and mentorship for a 3–5 engineer squad.
• Design and implement DALs and ODMs to translate SQL-like queries to MongoDB operations.
• Build middleware to keep core logic storage-agnostic across data stores.
• Architect multi-tenant, secure MongoDB ecosystem; optimize queries with IXSCAN vs COLLSCAN.
• Plan hybrid data architectures for operational, transactional, and analytical workloads.
• Develop Node.js/JavaScript microservices (GraphQL) for the no-code runtime.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science; Master’s or higher preferred.
• 10+ years in backend/data/platform engineering for large-scale systems.
• 2+ years as Technical Lead/Player-Coach mentoring a team while hands-on.
• Deep PostgreSQL and MongoDB Atlas experience; Elasticsearch; complex pipelines.
• Experience building DALs/ODM translators decoupling app logic from storage.
• Node.js (or Python/Java/Go) for high-scale, event-driven architectures.

🎁 Benefits

• Remote-first work from home.
• Unlimited PTO.
• Student loan payback program.
• Employer-covered health, dental, and vision for you and dependents.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Monthly stipend toward WFH setup.