About Horizontal: Established since 2003 in the US, Horizontal solves complex challenges across two distinct businesses: Horizontal Digital and Horizontal Talent. We are consistently recognized for being a top workplace and one of the fastest growing private companies. Horizontal Talent specializes in staffing for IT, Digital & Creative and Business & Strategy markets. We have global offices in US, UAE, India, Malaysia and Australia.

Role Overview

We are looking for a highly experienced Technical Lead to lead the design and development of a new product vertical focused on visitor identity resolution and data enrichment.

This role will drive the creation of a real-time identity graph system that transforms anonymous website visitors into enriched, actionable profiles by leveraging large-scale interaction data.

This is a zero-to-one product build, offering the opportunity to architect, scale, and own a high-impact data platform.

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Key Responsibilities

1. System Architecture & Development

• Design and develop scalable identity resolution systems within a microservices architecture
• Define and manage data models including identity profiles, visitor sessions, and data signals
• Build real-time processing pipelines for high-volume data streams
• Design browser fingerprinting and signal collection strategies

2. Data Integration & Enrichment

• Integrate and manage multiple third-party data providers for enrichment
• Develop orchestration pipelines with fallback logic, caching, and cost optimization
• Continuously monitor and improve data accuracy and enrichment performance

3. Performance & Scalability

• Ensure low-latency, real-time identity resolution capabilities
• Optimize system performance for high-throughput environments
• Implement caching, deduplication, and efficient API usage strategies
• Work with large-scale analytical data systems for aggregation and insights

4. Privacy & Compliance

• Design and implement data privacy frameworks aligned with regulatory standards (e.g., GDPR)
• Manage consent, opt-out mechanisms, and data retention policies
• Ensure compliance with third-party data usage and licensing

5. Technical Leadership

• Lead end-to-end delivery from MVP to scalable production system
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineering teams
• Define testing strategies for system accuracy and performance
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product and frontend

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Requirements

Experience

• Minimum 8+ years in backend or data engineering
• At least 2–3 years working on data-intensive systems such as identity resolution, enrichment pipelines, or similar platforms

Technical Skills

• Strong expertise in system architecture and microservices
• Experience integrating third-party APIs with caching and performance optimization
• Solid understanding of data modelling for both transactional and analytical use cases
• Experience working with high-scale distributed systems

Domain Knowledge (Preferred)

• Identity resolution, browser fingerprinting, or tracking technologies
• Experience in AdTech / MarTech / data platform environments
• Familiarity with enrichment data providers and APIs

Other Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to balance scalability, performance, and cost
• Good understanding of data privacy and compliance

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Nice to Have

• Experience with analytical databases (e.g., ClickHouse, BigQuery)
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka)
• Knowledge of Node.js / TypeScript
• Experience with usage-based billing systems
• Background in ETL or data pipeline engineering

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Why Join

• Opportunity to build a zero-to-one product with strong business impact
• High ownership and visibility in a fast-growing environment
• Exposure to large-scale, real-time data systems
• Collaborative and innovation-driven culture