Technical Lead II, Data Infrastructure, Backend

Location: Remote - USA

Department: Engineering

About the Role

At HubSpot, we empower companies to grow better by building the world's leading CRM platform powered by inbound marketing, sales, and service software. As a Technical Lead II, Data Infrastructure, Backend, you'll play a pivotal role in scaling our data platforms that fuel personalized customer experiences for millions of users worldwide. We're seeking a seasoned leader passionate about data systems to drive innovation in our backend infrastructure, ensuring seamless handling of massive data volumes from marketing campaigns, sales pipelines, and customer journeys. Join our collaborative engineering culture where your expertise will directly impact HubSpot's mission to help businesses attract visitors, engage leads, and delight customers. In this leadership position, you'll guide a team of talented engineers in designing and optimizing resilient data pipelines using cutting-edge technologies like Kafka, Spark, and Kubernetes. You'll collaborate closely with product, data science, and growth teams to build infrastructure that supports real-time analytics and AI-driven insights, all while embodying HubSpot's growth mindset and HEARTWAY values. Expect to tackle complex challenges like processing billions of events daily, reducing latency for inbound marketing tools, and enabling scalable CRM features that drive customer success. HubSpot is a place where high performers thrive in a transparent, inclusive environment with endless opportunities for impact. You'll have the autonomy to innovate, access to top-tier tools and learning resources via HubSpot Academy, and the chance to grow alongside a global team obsessed with customer-obsessed growth. If you're excited to lead data infrastructure that powers inbound revolutions, apply today and help shape the future of how businesses grow.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and optimization of scalable data infrastructure supporting HubSpot's CRM and inbound marketing platforms
• Mentor and guide a team of backend engineers, fostering HubSpot's HEARTWAY culture of humility, empathy, accountability, respect, and transparency
• Architect high-throughput data pipelines to process billions of events from marketing campaigns, sales activities, and customer interactions
• Collaborate with product managers, data scientists, and other engineering teams to define and deliver data platform roadmaps
• Drive technical innovation in areas like real-time analytics, event streaming, and data lake architectures
• Ensure reliability, observability, and performance of backend services at HubSpot scale (10M+ customers)
• Conduct code reviews, technical design discussions, and contribute to engineering best practices
• Identify and resolve bottlenecks in data ingestion, processing, and storage for growth-oriented features
• Partner with cross-functional teams to integrate data infrastructure with HubSpot's growth tools and APIs
• Champion data security, compliance, and cost-efficiency in all infrastructure decisions

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 3 years in data infrastructure or backend systems
• Proven track record of leading technical teams and mentoring engineers in high-growth environments
• Deep expertise in building scalable data pipelines and infrastructure for large-scale distributed systems
• Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and container orchestration (Kubernetes)
• Hands-on experience with big data technologies such as Apache Kafka, Spark, or similar streaming/processing frameworks
• Demonstrated ability to design and optimize backend services handling millions of CRM events daily
• Excellent problem-solving skills and experience driving data-driven decisions in fast-paced SaaS environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working at a high-growth SaaS company like HubSpot, with exposure to inbound marketing or CRM platforms
• Familiarity with HubSpot's tech stack including Go, Java, or Python for backend services
• Previous leadership in data infrastructure for marketing automation, sales, or customer success tools
• Contributions to open-source projects in data engineering or distributed systems
• Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Required Skills

• Go, Java, Python, or Scala for backend development
• Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, or Kafka Streams for event streaming
• Apache Spark, Hadoop, or Presto for big data processing
• Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform for infrastructure as code
• AWS services (S3, EMR, Lambda, RDS) or equivalent cloud expertise
• SQL and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Cassandra)
• Distributed systems design and microservices architecture
• Monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog
• CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar
• Data modeling and schema design for CRM-scale datasets
• Leadership and mentorship in agile, growth-oriented teams
• Strong communication for technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Problem-solving in high-availability, low-latency environments
• Experience with observability and chaos engineering practices

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO and flexible work-from-anywhere policy to support work-life harmony
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance with generous company contributions
• 401(k) matching and employee stock purchase plan for long-term financial growth
• Professional development stipend for courses, conferences, and certifications
• HubSpot Academy access for ongoing learning in inbound marketing, sales, and technology
• Parental leave, fertility benefits, and family-forming support
• Quarterly stipends for home office setup and wellness activities
• Vibrant company culture with global offsites, team events, and volunteer opportunities
• Equity grants to share in HubSpot's continued growth and success

HubSpot is an equal opportunity employer.