# Senior Software Engineer - Data Infrastructure

**Company:** [Applied Intuition](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/applied-intuition)
**Location:** Sunnyvale, CA
**Role:** Data Engineering
**Salary:** $153k – $222k/yr
**Experience:** 3+ years
**Skills:** Spark, Kafka, Hudi, Flyte, Kubernetes, Python, C++, Go, Scala, Containerization
**Posted:** 2026-04-21

> Builds and scales data infrastructure across the full lifecycle (collection, ingestion, storage, querying) using open-source technologies like Spark and Kafka. Supports cloud, hybrid, and on-prem deployments while collaborating across business units. Requires 3+ years experience and Bachelor's degree.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Scale infrastructure to support all deployment types (cloud, hybrid, on-prem) and across regions
- Be involved in the end to end data lifecycle, from the external-facing product to the underlying platform and infrastructure for it
- Build features to tune processing pipeline for fast data ingestion and indexing depending on customer's needs and workloads
- Enable product workflows that expose performant query interfaces and offer easy-to-use integration hooks
- Develop and deploy high-quality software using modern tooling and frameworks, especially open-source technologies

## Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent
- 3+ years of professional experience
- Experience with large-scale open source data technologies (**Spark**, **Kafka**, **Hudi**, **Flyte**, etc.)
- Experience with containerization and other modern software development workflows
- Knowledge of the open source landscape with judgment on when to choose open source versus build in-house

## Nice to Have
- Expertise with modern programming languages (**Python**, **C++**, **Go**, **Scala**, etc.)
- Experience with other open-source data technologies not listed above
- Expertise with **Kubernetes**
- Experience with enterprise software, including on-prem and/or cloud environments
- Deep knowledge of data quality, data profiling and cleansing techniques

## Compensation
- Base salary range: **$153,000 - $222,000 USD** annually
- Equity, comprehensive health/dental/vision/life/disability insurance, 401k with employer match, learning/wellness stipends, paid time off

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