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Principal Architect at Planful

Department: Engineering

Compensation

$325,000 – $375,000/yr

Setup
Remote
Type
Full-time
Level
staff+
Posted

Description

Planful is hiring a Principal Engineer to architect and implement a high-performance OLAP query engine and semantic layer for a financial planning platform. The role involves designing a JSON-based query DSL, building a compiler and SQL translation layer, optimizing queries for columnar databases, managing distributed caching, and developing high-concurrency Java microservices. It requires 15+ years of backend and data-infrastructure software engineering experience, strong compiler and SQL knowledge, Java expertise, and experience with distributed caching and microservices. The role is based in San Francisco, Toronto, or London, with in-office or remote work options, and offers an OTE of $325,000-$375,000 USD per year plus equity and benefits.

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