Lead Data Engineer

1 Month ago • 8 Years + • Full Stack Development • DevOps • Research & Development • $136,317 PA - $195,427 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Milestone seeks a Lead Data Engineer to architect, design, and build highly scalable distributed data systems for cloud-based video surveillance and IoT control systems. Responsibilities include working with product managers and technology teams, employing advanced knowledge of data structures and design patterns, driving design and implementation, providing project estimates, managing delivery velocity, mentoring engineers, and championing good software engineering habits. The role involves resolving complex system issues, collaborating with engineering leadership, driving technological innovation, and identifying automation opportunities. This is a fully remote role within the US.
Must have:
  • 8+ years software development experience
  • 5+ years experience with Go, C++, or equivalent
  • ETL/ELT pipeline building & maintenance
  • Real-time data processing (Kafka etc.)
  • Multiple database technologies expertise
  • Experience with distributed columnar databases and Time Series
  • TDD/BDD development practices
  • Public cloud experience (GCP, AWS, Azure)
Good to have:
  • Experience with data lakes
  • Experience with Singlestore
Perks:
  • Flexible work environment
  • Opportunities for further education
  • Medical/dental benefits
  • 401k with employer match
  • Paid parental leave
  • Generous PTO
  • Disability and Life Insurance

Job Details

Job Description

Be the key in unlocking business opportunities in the convergent world of Open Platform IP Video Management Systems! Join Milestone, a global market leader!

Milestone seeks a Lead Data Engineer to join our fast-moving, innovative VSaaS engineering team. In this role, you will architect, design, and build highly scalable distributed data systems to enable new and innovative solutions in cloud-based video surveillance and IoT control systems. To be successful, you must have proven experience in driving critical engineering and architectural decisions for the development team. You will provide sound technical directions and dive into solving complex system design and implementation challenges. You will learn and share knowledge with the best and help us architect and build modern cloud-native applications. You will drive decisions on technology and processes to maximize our products' performance, scalability, and reliability.

This is a fully remote role that can be located anywhere in the US. 

As a Milestone Employee, YOU are the key to our success. Come join our dynamic international team and be a part of our rapidly growing, successful business.

Responsibilities 

  • Work with product managers and technology teams to understand roadmap priorities and shape product features that address customers' needs.
  • Employ advanced knowledge of data structures, data modeling and design, and common software design patterns focusing on microservice architecture.
  • Articulate design and architecture trade-offs and apply software design patterns to solve complex engineering problems efficiently.
  • Drive design and implementation based on sound engineering principles and best practices, focusing on testability, maintainability, and scalability.
  • Provide overall project design and estimates for business and technology strategy needs during project scoping phases.
  • Manage the velocity of delivery without compromising the quality of product releases.
  • Mentor other engineers to make sound technical decisions and help build effective software engineering practices, especially in adopting formal testing as part of the software development process.
  • Embrace the “you build it, you run it” engineering principle.
  • Champion good software engineering habits, such as: clean code principles, security, tech debt balance, TDD, and “going end-to-end early”.
  • Own, diagnose, and resolve complex system technical issues and code defects.
  • Collaborate with engineering leadership to help establish the technical roadmap to facilitate innovation and enhancement of product capabilities.
  • Provide leadership with a point of view on "what’s next" in technology, coding tools, applications, and concepts.
  • Drive a culture of technical excellence, continuous improvement, and lifelong learning.
  • Identify and work with SRE to implement automation opportunities to enhance efficiency in the software delivery cycle and the reliability of Milestone’s VSaaS product.

Professional Qualifications:

  • Minimum of 8 years of software development experience with a distinguished track record of delivering complex enterprise services (or equivalent experience). 
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience with programming in Go, C++, or an equivalent compiled language 
  • Experience building and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines
  • Experience with real-time data processing (Kafka, Google Pub/Sub, and similar)
  • Experience with multiple database technologies, especially distributed columnar databases and Time Series
  • Experience working on data lakes preferred
  • Experience with Singlestore preferred
  • Familiarity with testing methodologies and fully comfortable with TDD/BDD development practices
  • Familiarity with developing applications deployed on public cloud infrastructure such as GCP, AWS, or Azure
  • Strong understanding of modern CI/CD methodologies and Git-based workflows
  • Clear and persuasive written and oral communication skills to lead or persuade fellow engineers and non-technical audience 
  • A breadth of technology and engineering skills, knowledge, and experience -comfortable with topics spanning programming languages, AI/ML, advanced networking, compute and data platforms, as well as automation and big data

Why Milestone?

Ranked among the 100 Best Companies to Work for in Oregon, Milestone offers great benefits and a great culture. Employees here have flexible work environments, opportunities for further education, and the ability to directly effect change in our Organization. 

This position's annual salary ranges from $136,317 to $195,427, with most candidates falling in the $154,733 to $172,436 range. Pay is based on the level, location, complexity, responsibility, and job duties of the specific position and is just one component of Milestone’s total compensation package. Additionally, we offer an attractive benefits package that includes medical/dental benefits, FSA or HSA, 401k with 6% Safe Harbor employer match, paid parental leave, generous PTO (20 days' vacation, 10 days paid sick time, and 12 company holidays), fully paid Short Term disability policy, fully paid Long Term disability policy, and Life Insurance. If you are selected for an interview, please feel welcome to speak to our Talent Partner about our compensation philosophy.

Milestone is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Contact and application

Please apply at our website:

If you have any questions, you are very welcome to contact Cindy Phillips, Talent Acquisition Partner at

We are excited to receive your application. 

Similar Jobs

Aristocrat Gaming - Producer

Aristocrat Gaming

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Hybrid)
1 Month ago
Aspyr Media - Head of Engineering

Aspyr Media

Austin, Texas, United States (On-Site)
10 Months ago
Saviynt - Lead Security Engineer, Information Security

Saviynt

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (Hybrid)
5 Months ago
Citeline - UX Developer

Citeline

India (Remote)
6 Months ago
Meltwater - Content Platform Software Engineer Junior

Meltwater

Hyderabad, Telangana, India (Hybrid)
6 Months ago
Alegrium - Full Stack Developer

Alegrium

South Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia (On-Site)
6 Months ago
Patterned Learning Career - Senior Node Engineer

Patterned Learning Career

(Remote)
1 Month ago
The Walt Disney Company - Software Engineering Intern

The Walt Disney Company

Morrisville, North Carolina, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Microsoft - Software Engineer II

Microsoft

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India (On-Site)
3 Months ago
Nagarro - Principal Engineer

Nagarro

(On-Site)
5 Months ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Similar Skill Jobs

Intrepid Studios,  Inc  - Senior Systems Designer

Intrepid Studios, Inc

San Diego, California, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
ByteDance - Machine Learning Engineer - Machine Learning Infrastructure

ByteDance

Seattle, Washington, United States (On-Site)
5 Months ago
Omnissa - Engineering Manager (C++, Linux/Windows/MacOS internals)

Omnissa

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (Hybrid)
5 Months ago
Tripledot Studios - Senior Unity Developer

Tripledot Studios

Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland (On-Site)
2 Months ago
In The Pocket - PRODUCT DESIGNER (VISUAL + INTERACTION)

In The Pocket

Belgium (On-Site)
4 Months ago
PlayStation Global - Director, Privacy & Data (AMER)

PlayStation Global

Aliso Viejo, California, United States (Hybrid)
4 Months ago
Upstox - Software Development Engineer - III (Backend-AJ)

Upstox

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (On-Site)
5 Months ago
Aristocrat Gaming - Technical Producer

Aristocrat Gaming

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Hybrid)
1 Month ago
Easy Brain - 2D Unity Animator

Easy Brain

Limassol, Limassol, Cyprus (Hybrid)
6 Months ago
Aristocrat Gaming - Game Producer

Aristocrat Gaming

London, England, United Kingdom (Hybrid)
1 Month ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Jobs in United States

Unity - Senior Sourcing Procurement Management

Unity

San Francisco, California, United States (On-Site)
8 Months ago
Netflix - Machine Learning Manager - Promotional Media

Netflix

Los Gatos, California, United States (On-Site)
3 Months ago
The Walt Disney Company - Manager, Product Design (Disney +)

The Walt Disney Company

Santa Monica, California, United States (On-Site)
5 Months ago
NVIDIA - Senior Treasury Operations Manager

NVIDIA

Santa Clara, California, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
On Location - Data Engineering Manager

On Location

New York, New York, United States (Remote)
2 Months ago
Hawk Eye Innovations - Data Processing Assistant

Hawk Eye Innovations

Atlanta, Georgia, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Trek - Sales Associate

Trek

Ormond Beach, Florida, United States (On-Site)
2 Months ago
On Location - Procurement Manager Service Delivery - FIFA World Cup 26™

On Location

New York, New York, United States (Hybrid)
2 Months ago
ESL FACEIT Group - EFG - Event Staff / Festival Operations - DreamHack Dallas

ESL FACEIT Group - EFG

Texas, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Activision - Senior Environment Artist - World

Activision

Santa Monica, California, United States (Hybrid)
2 Months ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Full Stack Development Jobs

NVIDIA - Senior Solutions Architect, Global Partner Team

NVIDIA

Santa Clara, California, United States (On-Site)
2 Months ago
CloudHire - Sr. Java Application Architect

CloudHire

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (Remote)
5 Months ago
Warner Bros Games - Software Engineer II

Warner Bros Games

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (Hybrid)
2 Months ago
Warner Bros Games - Staff Software Engineer - Backend (Adtech Team)

Warner Bros Games

Pune, Maharashtra, India (Hybrid)
1 Month ago
Apollo - Staff Software Engineer, Backend Distributed Systems

Apollo

United States (Remote)
5 Months ago
Patterned Learning Career - Senior Node Engineer

Patterned Learning Career

(Remote)
1 Month ago
Globalization Partners - Senior Software Engineer

Globalization Partners

(Remote)
1 Month ago
Postman - Software Engineer II, API scalability & Performance Engineering

Postman

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (Hybrid)
6 Months ago
Patterned Learning Career - Senior Software Engineer - Fullstack

Patterned Learning Career

(Remote)
2 Months ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

About The Company

Copenhagen, Denmark (On-Site)

Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria (Hybrid)

Portland, Oregon, United States (Remote)

Portland, Oregon, United States (Remote)

Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria (Hybrid)

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (Hybrid)

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (Hybrid)

View All Jobs

Get notified when new jobs are added by Milestone

Level Up Your Career in Game Development!

Transform Your Passion into Profession with Our Comprehensive Courses for Aspiring Game Developers.

Job Common Plug