# Senior Data Engineer

**Company:** [Together AI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/together-ai)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Data Engineering
**Salary:** $160k – $240k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Apache Kafka, Aws Kinesis, Redpanda, ClickHouse, Aws Timestream, Terraform, Kubernetes, Go, Python, GitOps
**Posted:** 2025-12-20

> Build and scale distributed data infrastructure handling millions of events daily for billing, analytics, and BI tools. Requires 5+ years experience with stream processing (Kafka, Kinesis), real-time analytics (ClickHouse), IaC (Terraform), and programming (Golang/Python).

## Job Description

## Requirements

- 5+ years of demonstrated experience in building large scale, fault tolerant, distributed data platforms, stream processing pipelines, ETLs, etc
- Expert-level skills in designing, building, and operating stream processing pipelines with services like **AWS Kinesis**, **Apache Kafka**, or **Redpanda**
- Expert-level knowledge of building real-time customer facing analytics systems using services like **AWS TimeStream** or **Clickhouse**
- Proficiency in writing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like **Terraform**, **AWS CDK**, or **Pulumi**
- Proficiency in version control practices and integrating IaC with CI/CD pipelines
- Proficiency in implementing and managing GitOps workflows with tools such as **ArgoCD**, **Github Actions**, **TeamCity**, or similar
- Proficiency in one or more of **Golang**, **Rust**, **Python**, **Java**, or **TypeScript**
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- Experience with **Kubernetes**, or containers a plus

## Responsibilities

- Identify, design, and develop foundational data infrastructure components capable of handling millions or billions of events daily
- Analyze and improve the robustness and scalability of existing data processing infrastructure
- Partner with product teams to understand functional requirements and deliver solutions that meet business needs
- Write clear, well-tested, and maintainable infra-as-code and software for both new and existing systems
- Conduct design and code reviews, create developer documentation, and develop testing strategies for robustness and fault tolerance
- Participate in an on-call rotation to address critical incidents when necessary

## Compensation

US base salary range: **$160,000 - $240,000** + equity + benefits. Individual compensation determined by experience, skills, and job-related knowledge.

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