Senior Software Engineer architects and scales core systems for ingesting/processing social data from platforms like Instagram and TikTok, designs AI-powered data pipelines, leads technical decisions, and mentors engineers. Requires 5+ years experience with distributed systems and data infrastructure.
200k – 270k/yr
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering
About the role
What You'll Be Doing
Architect and scale the core systems that ingest and process large volumes of social data from platforms like Instagram, TikTok, X, Reddit, and LinkedIn
Design data pipelines that power AI agents and real-time analytics used by our customers
Lead major technical decisions across the platform, writing design docs and establishing scalable architecture patterns
Improve reliability, performance, and cost efficiency across our data and AI infrastructure as the platform scales
Mentor engineers and review system designs and code to help raise the engineering bar across the team
Work closely with product and engineering leadership to solve complex technical problems and deliver impactful systems
What We're Looking For
5+ years of experience building and operating production software systems
Strong experience designing and scaling distributed systems, data infrastructure, or complex production platforms
Proven ability to architect systems and drive major technical decisions
Experience mentoring engineers and influencing engineering direction
Comfortable operating in fast-moving startup environments with high ownership and autonomy
Strong product intuition and ability to collaborate closely with product and design teams
Interest in AI-native engineering workflows and how AI is transforming software development
Bonus Points
Startup experience building early-stage or rapidly scaling products
Experience working with large-scale data pipelines or real-time analytics systems
Familiarity with modern infrastructure and developer tooling such as AWS, Pulumi, Postgres, ClickHouse, or similar technologies
Experience integrating AI or machine learning systems into production platforms
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