Principal Software Engineer, Data Ingest Platform

Expel

full-time

Posted on: 10/17/2025

Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $163,300 - $236,800 per year

Lead

AirflowAmazon RedshiftAWSBigQueryCloudDistributed SystemsGoPostgresPythonRedis

About the role

Lead the technical vision and architecture of the Data Ingest Platform
Build the tools, frameworks, and developer experience that makes integration engineers successful
Mentor and drive technical decisions for a talented group of engineers
Roll up your sleeves and write code for critical parts of the platform
Partner with product and engineering leaders to shape the future of how Expel connects to the outside world

10+ years of professional software engineering experience
Expert-level skills in designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems
Professional experience developing in Go and/or Python
Hands-on experience with cloud and data technologies like Google Cloud (BigQuery, Pub/Sub) or AWS equivalents (Redshift, SQS, Kinesis)
Experience with databases like Postgres and Redis
Specific expertise in workflow or task orchestration systems (like Airflow, Prefect, or custom platforms)
Ability to lead through influence, communicate complex ideas clearly, and mentor other senior engineers

Benefits

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software engineeringlarge-scale distributed systemsGoPythoncloud technologiesdata technologiesPostgresRedisworkflow orchestrationtask orchestration

leadershipcommunicationmentoringinfluence