Senior Software Engineer, Distributed Data Systems

ABOUT THE ROLE

Join a startup building an agentic data lakehouse platform. As a Senior Software Engineer, Distributed Data Systems, you'll work on a greenfield project to build scalable data infrastructure that transforms enterprise data into actionable insights at scale.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

- Work on a greenfield OLAP lakehouse project to build the data platform for the agentic era

- Design and implement distributed data system components, with a focus on join optimization and query performance

- Collaborate across infrastructure, services, and frontend teams to deliver data platform features

- Ship reliable, scalable data infrastructure that supports enterprise analytics

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

- 4+ years of experience as a data systems, backend, infrastructure, or platform engineer

- Experience with big data systems (Apache Spark, Hadoop)

- Strong background in distributed systems

- Comfort diving into any part of the system—infrastructure, services, or frontend

- Proficiency in Haskell and/or TypeScript

- Track record of shipping products from zero to one

- Experience with databases and database optimization

- Strong data focus and understanding of data-driven systems

- Experience with OLAP lakehouse/data lakehouse architecture and query optimization

- Strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, and their real-world applications

LOCATION

New York, NY, United States