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Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure Group

225k – 310kBerkeley, CANew York, NYRemote5+ YOE
Summary

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.

About the role

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)
Skills
PythonGoJavaC++PostgreSQLKubernetesDockerBigQuerySnowflakeAirflowLinuxRedisCephIcebergDynamoDB
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