# Software Engineer, Control Plane

**Company:** [Hightouch](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/hightouch)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $180k – $260k/yr
**Skills:** Distributed Systems, Asynchronous Workflows, Access Control, Data Warehouses, Snowflake, Databricks, Backend Architecture, Scalability, System Reliability, Product Specs
**Posted:** 2026-04-28

> 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.

## Job Description

## 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.

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