Movable Ink

Platform for personalized, integrated marketing content

Software Engineer - Data Platform

Data EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeToronto, ON, CanadaRemote

About the Job

Requirements

A proven ability to learn new technologies, frameworks, and problem domains.
A focus on solving big-picture problems with attention to the product and end user.
A deep understanding of data governance principles and data lifecycle management, including data quality, lineage, retention, and access control.
Strong familiarity with database backend technologies, including OLAP versus OLTP and when to apply each, with hands-on production-scale experience using data warehouse technologies such as Databricks, ClickHouse, or Redshift.
Strong familiarity with SQL and the ability to write and optimize queries.
Skill at building complex systems, identifying core primitives, and applying them to changing business needs and future roadmap requirements.
Experience designing and operating data systems on a major cloud provider (AWS or GCP) and working in a multi-cloud deployment environment.
Proficiency with containerization and orchestration technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes.
The ability to integrate systems by connecting legacy platforms with modern architectures through well-designed interfaces and migration strategies.
Experience designing and operating data systems on AWS; GCP experience is a plus.
Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar.
Strong collaboration and communication skills, including comfort leading design discussions, writing technical specifications, and working across team boundaries.

Responsibilities

Support the design and delivery of data ingestion pipelines and infrastructure.
Assist in migrating legacy data lifecycle management to the new platform without disrupting existing data consumers.
Establish and maintain SLIs and SLOs for new ingestion and the data platform, with dashboards and alerting to track performance.
Build a flexible data storage layer supporting transactional, analytical, and machine learning workloads.
Implement comprehensive monitoring, observability, and incident response practices for all event data pipelines and services.
Collaborate with product engineering, analytics, and machine learning teams to define contracts, functional requirements, and standards.
Design and implement a semantic metadata layer that classifies and labels data assets across both products, enabling consistent data discovery, exposure policies, and identification of cross-product data reuse opportunities.
Architect and deliver a multi-tenant data model that supports secure data sharing and isolation across clients, with controls designed to meet regulatory and government compliance requirements.

Desired Qualifications

Familiarity with Elixir for building concurrent, fault-tolerant data services.
Experience with data pipeline and streaming technologies such as Airflow, Kafka, Apache Flink, or similar.
Hands-on experience with columnar or OLAP databases such as Databricks or ClickHouse.

Movable Ink scales content personalization for marketers through data-activated content generation and AI decisioning. The world’s most innovative brands rely on Movable Ink to maximize revenue, simplify workflow and boost marketing agility. Headquartered in New York City with close to 600 employees, Movable Ink serves its global client base with operations throughout North America, Central America, Europe, Australia, and Japan.

As an Engineer on the Data Platform team at Movable Ink, you will help design and build the systems that power how data flows through the organization. You will play a key role in developing and operating the unified data platform responsible for ingesting, processing, and exposing large volumes of data that drive Movable Ink’s products. Working closely with teammates across engineering, analytics, and infrastructure, you will build scalable ingestion pipelines and backend services that integrate data from a variety of sources while ensuring reliability, governance, and high availability across the platform. You will help evolve legacy pipelines toward modern data architectures, and help drive the unification of our products and services in how they access data. Your work will directly impact the growth and maturity of Movable Ink’s products and services.

The role will be reporting to Engineering Manager, Data Platform

Responsibilities:

Support the design and delivery of data ingestion pipeline and infrastructure
Assist in the successful migration of legacy data lifecycle management to new platform without disrupting existing data consumers
Establish and maintain SLIs and SLOs for new ingestion and data platform with dashboards and alerting to track performance
Build flexible data storage layer supporting a variety of use cases, e.g., transactional, analytic, and machine learning workloads
Implement comprehensive monitoring, observability, and incident response practices for all event data pipelines and services
Collaborate with product engineering, analytics, and machine learning teams to define contracts, functional requirements, and standards
Design and implement a semantic metadata layer that classifies and labels data assets across both products, enabling consistent data discovery, exposure policies, and identification of cross-product data reuse opportunities
Architect and deliver a multi-tenant data model that supports secure data sharing and isolation across clients, with controls designed to meet regulatory and government compliance requirements

Qualifications:

A proven ability to learn new technologies, frameworks, and problem domains
A focus on solving big picture problems with a focus on product and the end user
Deep understanding of data governance principles and data lifecycle management, including data quality, lineage, retention, and access control
Strong familiarity with database backend technologies (OLAP vs. OLTP) and when to apply each, with hands-on experience using data warehouse technologies (Databricks, Clickhouse, Redshift, etc) at production scale
Strong familiarity with SQL with the ability to write and optimize queries
Skill at building complex systems and identifying core primitives and how to apply them to meet changing business needs and future roadmap requirements.
Experience designing and operating data systems on a major cloud provider (AWS or GCP) and working in a multi-cloud deployment environment
Proficiency with containerization and orchestration technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes
Proven ability to integrate systems, connecting legacy platforms with modern architectures through well-designed interfaces and migration strategies
Effective communicator who can facilitate system design discussions, document architectural decisions, and work across team boundaries
(Nice to have) Familiarity with Elixir for building concurrent, fault-tolerant data services
(Nice to have) Experience with data pipeline and streaming technologies such as Airflow, Kafka, Apache Flink, or similar
(Nice to have) Hands-on experience with columnar/OLAP databases such as Databricks or ClickHouse
Experience designing and operating data systems on AWS; GCP experience is a plus
Strong collaboration and communication skills, comfortable leading design discussions, writing technical specs, and working across team boundaries
Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar

The base pay range for this position is $130,000-$165,000/year CAD, which can include additional bonus depending on the position ultimately offered, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. The base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Studies have shown that women, communities of color, and historically underrepresented people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture where all Inkers can thrive. If you’re excited about the role but don’t meet all of the abovementioned qualifications, we encourage you to apply. Our differences bring a breadth of knowledge and perspectives that makes us collectively stronger.

We welcome and employ people regardless of race, color, gender identity or expression, religion, genetic information, parental or pregnancy status, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ethnicity, family or marital status, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, disability, Veteran status, or other protected characteristics. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

About the Company

Movable Ink

Platform for personalized, integrated marketing content

Movable Ink helps brands deliver personalized marketing content by connecting with existing marketing tech via an Integrations Exchange. It sells subscriptions to a platform that lets marketers create customized experiences across digital channels. The product works by integrating with widely used marketing tools, pulling audience data, and generating dynamic, personalized messages and visuals that are delivered through emails, webpages, or ads. What sets Movable Ink apart from competitors is its emphasis on seamless integrations with a broad set of marketing technologies and a library of ready-made templates and workshops that help teams accelerate value from their current tech stack. The company’s goal is to help marketers stand out in a crowded digital landscape by making it easy to craft engaging, personalized content at scale and to extract insights and trends via reports and workshops.

Company size: 501-1,000
Company stage: Series D
Total funding: $97.3M
Headquarters: New York City, New York
Founded: 2010

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