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Hightouch

Principal Engineer, Streaming Systems

Hightouch · Remote (North America)

Posted about 3 months ago · $180,000 - $400,000

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
80 days
Hightouch's roles stay open a median of 80 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
Yes
66% of Hightouch's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Hightouch
high
82 stale, 0 reposted of 87 open
Hiring momentum
100 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-22

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Hightouch's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Hightouch.

About this role

As a Principal Engineer on the Streaming Systems team at Hightouch, you will lead the development of high-throughput systems that process billions of behavioral events in real-time. Your role involves building infrastructure for ingesting various data types, ensuring low latency and high message throughput, and mentoring other engineers. You will have significant ownership over projects, working directly with customers to address their scaling challenges and influencing the technical roadmap.

Our read on this posting3.6out of 5
benefits
2/5
freshness
1/5
career value
5/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
5/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Hightouch as an employer.

What you need

  • Experience architecting, building, deploying, and maintaining distributed systems at scale
  • Passion for solving hard technical problems that generate real value for customers
  • Experience leading complex and ambitious projects
  • Ability to mentor and elevate engineers around you
  • Comfortable in a fast-paced, startup environment

What you get

  • Base salary range of $180,000 - $400,000 USD per year
  • Compensation includes equity via ISO options
  • Early exercise and a 10 year post-termination exercise window

Worth weighing

  • Role involves high ownership and autonomy, which may not suit everyone
  • Fast-paced startup environment may require adaptability to rapid changes
  • Limited inbound applications to one per candidate may restrict job search options

Summarised from Hightouch's posting. Read the full original.

Listed by Hightouch on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-22. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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