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Software Engineer - Data Infrastructure

160k – 225kSan Francisco, CAData EngineeringOnsite3+ YOE
Summary

Builds and maintains scalable data pipelines, infrastructure, and tooling for batch/streaming processing, ML workflows, and analytics. Requires 3-7+ years in data infrastructure with expertise in Spark, Kafka, dbt, Airflow, and cloud platforms.

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and infrastructure
  • Develop batch and streaming systems for ingesting and processing large-scale data
  • Own core components of the data platform (warehouse, lake, orchestration, tooling)
  • Implement data modeling, transformation, and versioning frameworks
  • Ensure data quality, observability, and reliability across pipelines
  • Optimize systems for performance, cost, and scalability
  • Build tooling to support reproducible datasets and experimentation
  • Partner with data scientists and engineers to productionize ML and analytics workflows
  • Contribute to secure and compliant data infrastructure in cloud environments

Requirements

Must-Have:

  • 3–7+ years of experience in data infrastructure, infrastructure, or platform engineering
  • Strong understanding of real-time and batch data processing systems, including stream processing, messaging architectures, and large-scale data workflows (Spark, Kafka, etc.)
  • Experience with modern data tooling (dbt, Airflow, etc.)
  • Strong understanding of data modeling, ETL/ELT, reverse ETL, and orchestration
  • Experience designing for scalability, reliability, and observability
  • Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP) and storage systems
  • Ability to operate in a fast-moving startup environment with high ownership

Nice-to-Have:

  • Familiarity with ML infrastructure or feature stores
  • Experience with data versioning, lineage, or reproducibility systems
  • Background in security, compliance, or high-sensitivity data domains
  • Previous experience at an early-stage startup

Compensation

  • Estimated salary range: $160K - $225K / year
  • Total compensation may include Restricted Stock units, sign-on bonus and other potential future incentives
Skills
SparkKafkadbtAirflowAWSGCPETLELTData WarehousingData LakesOrchestrationStream ProcessingData ModelingObservabilityML Infrastructure
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