Senior Software Developer - Cloud Platform

Have you heard of BlueCat? We’re one of those hidden gems that’s been disrupting the market as a key player in the rapidly growing space of Intelligent Network Operations. Organizations require a new model of network operations that links foundational core services with a deep, predictive understanding of network health and performance to improve change readiness. BlueCat’s Intelligent NetOps is a first-to-market combination of systems of understanding and change. BlueCat enables teams to enhance agility and mitigate risks from high rates of change with a unified management lifecycle, from provisioning to proactive troubleshooting and remediation.

At BlueCat, we take immense pride in our award-winning culture, an integral part of our identity. We are proud recipients of several prestigious accolades, including the "Great Place to Work" certification. By becoming a part of our team, you not only join a company at the forefront of technology but also become an integral member of Canada's top workplaces in various categories, including Technology, Today's Youth and Women, and Mental Health and Inclusion.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and operate our data lake on a ClickHouse-centered architecture, including ingestion pipelines, data modeling, partitioning, and replication.
• Develop and maintain data pipelines and event-driven services that move messages and data across the platform.
• Implement data analytics jobs and APIs that expose data to product and application teams.
• Partner with Application teams to understand requirements and recommend sound approaches to data design and access patterns.
• Improve the performance, scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency of data services. This includes measurable gains in latency, throughput, and availability.
• Implement data protection, security, and privacy controls for data processed from the edge to the core.
• Build with modern, asynchronous Python and Golang, and use other languages where they fit.
• Write and maintain documentation, including designs, evaluation plans, test results, and technical manuals.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years building data platforms or data-intensive distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience with ClickHouse or a comparable OLAP database or query engine (DuckDB, Druid, Pinot, Trino, or similar). This includes data modeling, ingestion, and query performance tuning.
• Experience with data lake architectures and open file and table formats such as Parquet and Apache Iceberg (Delta Lake is a plus), on object storage.
• Strong production experience with Python (including async programming) and/or Golang.
• Experience with data processing and analytics tools such as Pandas, Polars, DuckDB, or equivalents (Dask, Ray, Prefect are a plus).
• Experience building data pipelines on messaging and streaming systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, Redis, or similar).
• Passion for building solid REST APIs and distributed services.
• Experience with cloud-native technologies: Kubernetes, containers, CI/CD, and observability.
• Experience with AWS (GCP and Azure are a plus).
• Understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S) and distributed systems design.
• Working knowledge of the SDLC, Agile, testing strategies, and secure engineering practices.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Highly desirable: Kubernetes certification (CKAD or CKA).

This position offers a base salary range of $130,000 - $150,000 CAD per year plus participation in a discretionary bonus plan. Final compensation will be based on skills, experience, and qualifications. The role is for an existing vacancy.