FAPrincipal Distributed Systems Engineer
fabric Inc. is an innovative commerce platform that revolutionizes order management with AI-powered solutions, optimizing the customer fulfillment journey.
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:Canada (Toronto & Vancouver)
Your next career:
At fabric, we’re building the future of agentic commerce. As a Principal Distributed Systems Engineer, you’ll play a foundational role in designing and scaling the data platform that powers fabric’s Agentic AI platform for commerce.
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 - aligning infrastructure investments with long-term business and product goals- 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 building distributed data systems, backend services and core infrastructure in 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 across OLTP, OLAP and AI/ 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 CAD $150K to $200K. The annual base salary range for this full-time position reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all Canada 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 - Retirement Savings Plan- Fast-paced, fun and collaborative environment - A team invested in you both personally and professionally
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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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51-200 employees
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2016
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Mike Micucci
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