# Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure Group

**Company:** [The Voleon Group](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/voleon)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Data Engineering
**Salary:** $225k – $310k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Python, Go, Java, C++, Postgres, Kubernetes, Docker, BigQuery, Snowflake, Airflow, Linux, Redis, Ceph, Iceberg, DynamoDB
**Posted:** 2026-04-17

> Builds and scales data infrastructure including cataloging, versioning, and lineage to support research and production workflows. Collaborates with engineers and researchers, provides technical guidance, and mentors teammates requiring 5+ years experience in software engineering and data technologies.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Guide complex initiatives from initial requirements gathering and robust system design to deployment, effectively evaluating dependent technologies and collaborating closely with stakeholders.
- Build scalable data infrastructure and shape the developer experience, tackling projects such as owning data cataloging, versioning, and lineage to support seamless research and production workflows.
- Provide technical guidance to both engineering and research staff, fostering a supportive environment that accelerates the growth of your teammates.

## Requirements
- Computer Science / Engineering bachelor's degree (or equivalent)
- 5+ years of relevant software engineering experience
- Proven track record of software design and implementation with focus on correctness, robustness, efficiency, and scale
- Experience working with large codebases and building modular, extensible, and maintainable software
- Expertise in a modern programming language, such as **Python**, **Go**, **Java** or **C++**
- Hands-on experience developing in a **Linux/UNIX** environment
- Design and implementation of scalable services and APIs, highly-available systems, and/or large-scale data infrastructure
- Experience with data storage and management technologies (e.g. **PostgreSQL**, **Artifactory**, **Ceph**, **Redis**)
- Strong communication skills and a knack for explaining complex ideas with clarity and simplicity

## Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with cluster management and containerization technologies (e.g. **Kubernetes**, **Docker**)
- Cloud storage, querying, and processing technologies (e.g. **Iceberg**, **BigQuery**, **Snowflake**, **DynamoDB**, **Trino/Athena**)
- Experience building data platforms with a developer experience lens — designing APIs, access patterns, or tooling that abstracts infrastructure complexity from end users
- Job scheduling and orchestration technologies (e.g. **Airflow**, **Slurm**)

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