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Software Engineer, Backend (Platform)

Builds and maintains core compute platform for code execution, SQL querying, and data processing in collaborative notebook interface. Requires 6+ years experience with Python, SQL, data systems, and performance optimization.

198k – 295kNew York, NYBackend EngineeringRemote6+ YOE

About the role

What you will do

  • Using DuckDB to enable seamless data interoperability between Python and SQL code written by our users or AI agents
  • Building intelligent caching systems to speed up customer data queries
  • Implementing a graph-based dependency framework for optimizing multi-step execution plans
  • Instrumenting complex, multi-language systems to identify performance bottlenecks
  • Building visualizations into the product to help users understand the performance characteristics of their code

About you

  • 6+ years of engineering experience working on complex, data-driven systems or applications
  • Expert-level understanding of Python, SQL, jupyter kernels, and/or data warehousing systems
  • Deeply informed on industry trends around data processing, databases, and performant data architectures
  • You love diving into highly complex codebases and have a passion for designing elegant abstractions that improve correctness and developer productivity
  • An inexhaustible desire to understand where every millisecond of time could be going
  • An instinct for strategic thinking and aligning with business and product goals while keeping a healthy balance of velocity and engineering excellence
  • Experience working in a remote-first team and strong communication skills in this context

Our stack

Our product is a web-based notebook and app authoring platform. Our frontend is built with Typescript and React, using a combination of Apollo GraphQL and Redux for managing application state and data. On the backend, we also use Typescript to power an Express/Apollo GraphQL server that interacts with Postgres, Redis, and Kubernetes to manage our database and Python kernels. Our backend is tightly integrated with our infrastructure and CI/CD, where we use a combination of Terraform, Helm, and AWS to deploy and maintain our stack.

Compensation: Salary range $198,000 - $295,000

Skills

PythonSQLDuckdbPostgresRedisKubernetesGraphQLTypeScriptReactAWSTerraformHelmJupyterReduxExpress

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