Principal Platform Engineer, AI & Data Infrastructure

Clutch Canada; Helsinki; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare packages

Equity options

Paid holidays and family leave

Flexible work model

Job summary

Clutch Canada is looking for a Principal Engineer to join their Platform Group in Helsinki. This role involves guiding technical direction and ensuring high standards of scalability and reliability in Smartly's products. You'll collaborate closely with engineering teams and influence technical strategy across multiple teams.

The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in distributed systems, a strong understanding of database architecture, and the ability to drive major technical initiatives. This position offers a flexible hybrid work model, contributing to a diverse work culture.

Qualifications

• 3+ years operating at Staff, Principal, Lead Engineer, or equivalent level.
• 5+ years operating production systems with relational database architecture.
• Experience leading multi-quarter technical initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Define how AI agents interact with platforms.
• Drive execution through architecture and design.
• Contribute to sharing learnings and mentoring engineers.

Skills

Technical strategy

Distributed systems

Database architecture

Communication skills

Education

3+ years in a Senior Engineer role

Tools

ClickHouse

BigQuery

Snowflake

Job description

Clutch Canada is looking for a Principal Engineer to join their Platform Group in Helsinki. This role involves guiding technical direction and ensuring high standards of scalability and reliability in Smartly's products. You'll collaborate closely with engineering teams and influence technical strategy across multiple teams.

The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in distributed systems, a strong understanding of database architecture, and the ability to drive major technical initiatives. This position offers a flexible hybrid work model, contributing to a diverse work culture.