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Principal Data Platform Engineer

fabric Inc. is an innovative commerce platform that revolutionizes order management with AI-powered solutions, optimizing the customer fulfillment journey.

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Employee count: 51-200

Salary: 170k-230k USD

United States only

Who we are:

We are a brilliant team making our history to evolve the commerce industry. fabric is the next-generation commerce platform that is designed to provide the commerce services customers expect so they can build world-class experiences, anywhere.
fabric is on a mission to revolutionize commerce for everyone, and we empower businesses that are striving to deliver commerce that drives conversion and customer outcomes. Leading retailers, including Chico’s, Brooklinen, and Ashley’s Furniture, trust fabric to run their modern commerce business. Headquartered in San Francisco, fabric was founded in 2017 by a group of industry veterans determined to bring the same technical principles found at Amazon to retail.
No matter what field you are in, fabric has exciting opportunities for people passionate about making a difference and skilled at what they do!
Here are four questions you should ask yourself:
  • Do I believe in fabric's mission?
  • Am I eager to build cool things?
  • Am I excited to collaborate with brilliant people?
  • Am I motivated to disrupt e-commerce?
If the answer is yes, we want to talk to you!

Where we hire:

United States (California, Washington, New York, Texas, Massachusetts)

Your next career:

At fabric, we’re building the future of agentic commerce. As a Principal Data Platform Engineer, you’ll play a foundational role in designing and scaling the data infrastructure that powers everything from agentic experiences to cutting-edge AI models. Reporting directly to the CPTO, you’ll drive engineering excellence, influence data strategy, and help shape the future of commerce technology.

Your Responsibilities:

  • Design Build: Architect a modern, scalable, and cost-effective data platform using industry best practices.
  • Lead with Vision: Guide data strategy and architecture in partnership with the CPTO and engineering leaders.
  • Accelerate Product Development: Collaborate with Product Managers and SDEs to launch data-intensive features and products.
  • Ensure Quality Compliance: Champion data governance, security, and high availability across all data systems.
  • Mentor Influence: Set the bar for technical excellence across engineering, sharing best practices and fostering continuous learning.

What you bring to the table:

  • 10+ years of hands-on experience in data engineering or data platform roles, ideally within high-growth or startup environments.
  • Proven ability to build data infrastructure from the ground up (0→1) and scale systems to support complex, high-throughput workloads across OLAP and ML use cases.
  • Deep expertise in modern data architectures including ETL/ELT pipelines, Data Lakes, Warehouses, Catalogs, and Real-time Streaming.
  • Cloud-native experience (AWS), including services like S3, Redshift, Glue, SageMaker, and Bedrock. Bonus for experience with Clickhouse, Airbyte, Rudderstack, Airflow, Metabase Posthog.
  • Track record of shipping production-grade data products that drive business or product impact.
  • Strategic mindset with the ability to influence technical direction, guide engineering best practices, and align data work to business outcomes.
  • Strong collaborator with a bias for action—equally comfortable architecting, coding, and debugging alongside engineers as advising leadership on platform evolution.
The base salary for this role will be between USD $170K to 230K.
The annual base salary range for this full-time position reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Actual pay may vary, depending on qualifications, experience and location. In addition, this role may be eligible for an annual performance bonus, equity options, and company benefits (your recruiter can share more details during the hiring process). Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed above.

What we bring to the table:

  • Competitive compensation packages
  • PTO and Holiday plans
  • Benefits packages which include Medical, Dental, Life, and Vision
  • Wellness Technology Programs
  • 401k Program
  • Fast-paced, fun and collaborative environment
  • A team invested in you both personally and professionally
  • fabric is an equal opportunity employer as well as a government contractor that shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-300.5(a), which prohibits discrimination against qualified protected Veterans and the requirements of 41 CFR 60-741.5(A), which prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals on the basis of disability.
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fabric is a next-generation commerce platform that features a robust AI-powered Order Management System (OMS) designed to empower omnichannel retailers. The company focuses on reimagining the order management process to enhance customer experience and optimize profitability. By delivering a unified view of real-time inventory, fabric helps businesses meet demand seamlessly across various channels, thereby transforming the order fulfillment experience.

With the introduction of the fabric AI Order Cloud, the platform orchestrates the entire order lifecycle, connecting demand channels to fulfillment locations efficiently. Customers expect a seamless experience from browsing products to post-purchase support, and fabric addresses this need by allowing retailers to manage inventory in real-time. This capability reduces split shipments, enhances shipping logistics, and ultimately builds customer trust. Additionally, fabric enables retailers to deploy configurations without heavy reliance on developers, ensuring quick adaptability to market changes. With an integrated ecosystem, fabric connects all areas of commerce, providing retailers with the tools necessary to succeed in today's fast-paced eCommerce environment.

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