Job Description Platform Ownership & Production Leadership Own the overall health, reliability, performance, and scalability of the

Data

Validationplatform.

Serve as the primary engineering escalation point for production incidents and business-critical issues.

Lead incident management, root cause analysis, and post-incident remediation activities.

Drive improvements in observability, monitoring, alerting, and operational excellence.

Establish andmaintainoperational KPIs, SLAs, and platform health metrics.

Technical Leadership Define and execute the technical strategy and roadmap for the

Data

Validationplatform.

Participatetoarchitecture decisions across bothon-premiseand Azure-based systems.

Ensure solutions are scalable, maintainable, secure, and cost-effective.

Review system designs andprovidetechnical guidance to development teams.

Balance technical debt reduction with business delivery commitments.

Act as the engineering lead for strategic

Omni

Shopperinitiatives.

Collaborate with Product Leadership and PMO to define technical solutions supporting businessobjectives.

Coordinate execution across multiple engineering and business teams.

Ensure

Data

Validationcapabilities align with future

Omni

Shopperand

Homescanrequirements.

Cross-Functional Collaboration Partner closely with: Data Science teams PMO Operations teams Product Leadership Global Engineering teams Responsibilities include: Translating business requirements into technical solutions.

Managing technical risks and dependencies.

Driving prioritization discussions.

Communicating platform health and roadmap updates to stakeholders.

Influencing decision-making without direct authority.

Qualifications Experience 10+ years of software engineering experience. 5+ years in Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer, Architect, or equivalent technical leadership roles.

Experience owning mission-critical production systems.





Experience supporting enterprise-scale data platforms.

Proven success influencing multiple organizations and stakeholders.

Technical Skills Strong hands-on experience with: Python Oracle Database Linux environments SQL performance tuning Azure Data Services PySpark Parquet datasets ETL and data engineering frameworks Data quality and validation platforms Leadership Skills Strong stakeholder management skills.

Excellent communication with technical and non-technical audiences.

Ability to work effectively across global teams.

Strong ownership mindset and bias for action.

Experience leading complex incident resolution efforts.

Preferred Qualifications Retail measurement, consumer panel, or syndicated data domain experience.

Experience working with Omni

Shopper, Homescan, or similar consumer analytics platforms.

Experience working with Data Science and advanced analytics teams.

Knowledge of modern data quality, governance, and observability frameworks.

Additional Information Our Benefits Versatile working environment Volunteer time off Linked

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📌 Principal Engineer – CPS DataValidation Platform (OmniShopper & Homescan) (Toronto)
🏢 NielsenIQ
📍 Toronto