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.

• 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.

• 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.