Technical Lead: Data & Platform Engineering
Vancouver
Fulltime- Hybrid.
At Fastloop, we don’t sugarcoat it. We’re a small, high-impact consulting team building at the intersection of Data and AI. We move fast, learn faster, and believe grit beats polish every time.
We help organizations design, build, and operationalize modern data and platform solutions. We ship real systems, not just decks, and take pride in solving hard problems with clarity, accountability, and craft.
The Technical Lead is the foundation anchor. While our AI Architects focus on agentic logic and LLM workflows, you own the “nervous system” and the “skeleton”- the secure, scalable, production-grade platform that makes everything else possible. This role partners closely with Functional Consultants and delivery leads to ensure projects are executed smoothly. Participating and leading Agile ceremonies, providing technical guidance during planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, and help remove technical blockers so the team can deliver on time and to spec.
As a hands-on lead, you don’t just review diagrams; you build the hardest parts first. You write the core IaC, design CI/CD pipelines, and unblock complex integrations. You ensure that every system we sell is robust, secure, and ready for production, without single points of failure.
You mentor the team, guiding junior engineers, and help establish engineering standards, templates, and reusable assets for the practice. You are a delivery enabler, ensuring that technical feasibility, dependencies, and integration complexity never derail project timelines.
What You’ll Do
Architect & Build the Foundation
- Design end-to-end data architectures and cloud environments.
- Personally handle high-impact “plumbing”: Terraform/Pulumi modules, VPC Service Controls, automated environment provisioning.
Engineering Validation
- Build technical spikes to test connectivity, APIs, and performance before committing to timelines.
- Be the primary validator for technical feasibility across all client engagements.
Security & Governance Gatekeeping
- Own production checklists: PII handling, IAM least-privilege policies, and networking perimeters.
- Ensure no solution goes live without your approval on security and compliance.
Modern DataOps & Reusable Assets
- Convert successful project code into reusable modules, CI/CD templates, and data archetypes.
- Help accelerate delivery and establish Fastloop’s engineering standards.
Delivery Partnership & Agile Leadership
- Collaborate with Functional Consultants to translate requirements into feasible technical designs.
- Participate in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives, providing guidance on dependencies, technical risks, and integration sequencing.
- Remove blockers and enable the delivery team to achieve predictable, high-quality outcomes.
Escalation & Unblocking
- Step in when the delivery team is blocked by complex integrations or performance issues.
- Provide a stable, scalable platform for AI and Data teams to build upon.
Client Advisory & Pre-Sales
- Translate technical trade-offs into business-relevant decisions.
- Partner with the Director during pre-sales to validate that solutions are technically sound, secure, and maintainable.
Your Technical Toolkit
Infrastructure & DevOps
- Mastery of IaC (Terraform or Pulumi) for multi-project cloud environments.
- Hands-on experience with GCP and Azure, including Workload Identity, Networking (VPC/VPN), and Managed Services.
- CI/CD & DevOps expertise (GitHub Actions or GitLab CI), automation, and version-controlled deployments.
Data Engineering & Orchestration
- Strong Python & SQL skills.
- Experience with modern data modeling tools (dbt, Dataform) and orchestration platforms (Airflow, Prefect).
- Optional exposure to Synapse, Databricks, or Snowflake for warehouse integration.
Integration & APIs
- Expert at architecting and implementing system integrations (REST, GraphQL, Webhooks).
- Skilled at handling authentication and authorization flows at scale.
Experience & Background
- 7+ years in Data or Software Engineering, with deep hands-on experience.
- 3+ years in a Technical Lead or Architect role, ideally in consultancy or client-facing delivery.
- The Generalist Edge: Ability to quickly learn new platforms (GCP → Azure) and design systems that junior/intermediate engineers can execute independently.
- Bonus: Professional-level Cloud Certifications (GCP Professional Architect/Security, Azure Solutions Architect).
Mentorship & Practice Building
- Dedicate ~20% of your time to mentoring, code reviews, and engineering enablement.
- Help establish reusable patterns, templates, and engineering standards to elevate the practice.
- Collaborate closely with AI Architects to ensure platform readiness for complex AI workflows.
- Support delivery teams in technical decision-making within Agile projects, bridging execution and engineering rigor.
Along with your comprehensive technical skills, we will be looking for a demonstrated Grit Factor.
The Fastloop Promise
At Fastloop, you’ll build real systems, drive solutions, and see your impact in action. You’ll have the autonomy to make decisions, the trust to act on them, and the accountability to see them through.
We value ownership, clarity, and speed. We listen first, simplify complexity, and follow through on our commitments. If you’re bold enough to thrive in the loop, you’ll leave your mark.
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