HubSpot · 1 day ago
Principal Software Engineer- Data Platform
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$314K/yr - $502K/yrHubSpot is an AI-powered customer platform that provides software and resources for marketing, sales, and service. They are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to influence the technical direction of their Data Platform, focusing on large-scale systems and architectural leadership.
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Responsibilities
Helps influence/drive technical direction across the entire Data Platform product line, not just one group or team
You’ll work across ingestion, processing, storage, sync, reliability, and intelligence surfaces
You ship software- not just prototypes
We expect deep technical engagement in the systems you influence, including ownership of large, high-impact initiatives
You’ve operated and evolved large-scale, fault-tolerant, cost-efficient systems
You’re comfortable scaling across billions of events per day and guiding design around availability, throughput, and latency
You define and drive reusable platform patterns across ingestion, processing, quality, sync, and observability
You align platform architecture with HubSpot’s CRM, AI/ML, and extensibility goals, ensuring infrastructure enables product evolution- not constrains it
You’re recognized as a mentor and multiplier
Others seek your input for design reviews, incident postmortems, and architectural bets
You partner with product and engineering leadership to define strategy, scope opportunities, and execute for product-line-wide outcomes
You move into unfamiliar areas quickly and make meaningful contributions- whether it’s a new tech stack, domain model, or organizational challenge
You elevate HubSpot’s brand, help attract and retain senior talent, and share your knowledge across the company
Qualification
Required
Proven track record of delivering projects with significant product-line or company-level impact
Experience in ambiguous or complex technical environments
Ability to influence/drive technical direction across the entire Data Platform product line
Hands-on experience shipping software, not just prototypes
Expertise in operating and evolving large-scale, fault-tolerant, cost-efficient systems
Comfortable scaling across billions of events per day
Ability to guide design around availability, throughput, and latency
Experience defining and driving reusable platform patterns across ingestion, processing, quality, sync, and observability
Ability to align platform architecture with HubSpot's CRM, AI/ML, and extensibility goals
Recognized as a mentor and multiplier in technical mentorship & leadership
Ability to partner with product and engineering leadership to define strategy and execute for product-line-wide outcomes
Ability to move into unfamiliar areas quickly and make meaningful contributions
Ability to elevate HubSpot's brand and help attract and retain senior talent
Benefits
Equity plan to receive restricted stock units (RSUs)
Overtime pay
Flexibility and connection
Accommodations or assistance due to a disability
Company
HubSpot
HubSpot develops cloud-based, inbound marketing software that allows businesses to transform the way that they market online.
Founded in 2006
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$100.5MKey Investors
Scale Venture PartnersMatrixGeneral Catalyst
2014-10-10IPO
2012-11-05Series E· $35M
2011-03-08Series D· $32M
Leadership Team
Yamini Rangan
Chief Executive Officer
Dharmesh Shah
Founder and CTO
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