PointClickCare - Principal Java Data Engineer

• To succeed as a Principal Software Data Engineer at PointClickCare, you need to be collaborative, adventurous and passionate. Collaborative means that you’re enthusiastic about jumping in to help achieve the team’s top priorities, no self-promoting politicians allowed. Adventurous means that you’re not afraid to dive into uncharted technical territory and get your own hands dirty, while supporting and driving delivery of complex features through a dedicated Scrum team. Passionate means that you’re eager to learn and share knowledge that drives the team forward, and excited to be part of a movement that is positively impacting the lives of seniors and their caregivers all over North America. • Principal Software Data Engineer with at least 10 years of professional experience in software or data engineering, including a minimum of 4 years focused on data pipelines (batch and streaming) • Proven experience driving technical direction and mentoring engineers while delivering complex, high-scale solutions as a hands-on contributor • Strong understanding of event-driven architectures and distributed systems, with hands-on experience implementing resilient, low-latency pipelines • Practical experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and containerized deployments for data workloads • Fluency in data quality practices and CI/CD integration, including schema management, automated testing, and validation frameworks (e.g., dbt, Great Expectations) • Operational excellence in observability, with experience implementing metrics, logging, tracing, and alerting for data pipelines using modern tools • Solid foundation in data governance and performance optimization, ensuring reliability and scalability across batch and streaming environments • Proven experience with Lakehouse architectures and related technologies, including Apache Hudi, Azure ADLS Gen2, HDFS, and other big data technologies (Trino, Databricks, Spark) • Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders and evangelize modern data practices within your team and organization. • $156,000 - $174,000 a year • At PointClickCare, base salary is one of the many components that make up our total rewards package. The CAD base salary range for this position is $156,000-$174,000 + bonus + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by job and level. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the target for new hire salaries for the position across all CAD locations. Within the range, individual compensation is determined by job-related skills and knowledge, relevant experience including professional and lived experience, and/or work location. Your recruiter can share more information about our total rewards package during the hiring process. • PointClickCare is committed to Information Security. By applying to this position, if hired, you commit to following our information security policies and procedures and making every effort to secure confidential and/or sensitive information.