Software Engineer, Control Plane
Builds backend tools for enterprise control plane including access control, change management, and data warehouse optimization. Requires expertise in distributed systems, asynchronous workflows, and product-minded engineering for scalable, reliable architectures.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Build user-friendly tools for enterprises to onboard, manage, and scale Hightouch deployments.
- Work on roles, permissions, and access control framework to support product growth.
- Develop change management tools for handling data model or warehouse changes at scale.
- Create tools to help admins understand and optimize data warehouse performance and costs.
Requirements
- Product-minded backend engineering expertise.
- Comfortable with backend, distributed systems, and asynchronous workflows.
- Strong thinking in architecture, scalability, maintainability, and reliability.
- Strong customer and product thinking; comfortable with product specs.
Compensation
- Salary range: $180,000 - $260,000 USD per year (location independent, remote-first).
- Meaningful equity compensation via ISO options with early exercise and 10-year post-termination window.
Skills
Distributed Systems, Asynchronous Workflows, Access Control, Data Warehouses, Snowflake, Databricks, Backend Architecture, Scalability, System Reliability, Product Specs
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