Principal Engineer, Streaming Systems
Location: Remote (North America) · Category: Engineering & Development · Seniority: Senior · Posted: July 5, 2026 · Verified: Sep 20, 2026
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This senior engineering role focuses on streaming data infrastructure, building and maintaining real-time data pipelines. The engineer will design systems for high-throughput event processing and ensure low-latency delivery. Requires deep experience with stream processing frameworks and distributed systems.
Leads the data streaming engineering team responsible for building and scaling real-time data ingestion and processing pipelines. Manages engineers and drives architectural decisions for high-throughput, low-latency systems.
This role is a lead staff software engineering position, responsible for guiding technical direction and architecture. The engineer will lead complex projects and mentor other engineers.
Develops high-quality software applications, focusing on code optimization and engineering best practices for the streaming platform. Leads technical design and implementation of scalable services, ensuring performance and reliability for video streaming.
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