Staff Engineer, Data Platform (R5659)
Core
Design and build the data foundation for an AI Factory, providing a unifying knowledge-graph-centered API layer for human and agentic workflows.
Role type
Staff Data Platform Engineer
Builds
Production data platform, unifying Graph API, data ingestion pipelines, and reference architectures for storage and compute.
Domain
Defense technology, AI/ML infrastructure, distributed systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
distributed data solutions, Go, Python, data modeling, API design, schema evolution, graph databases, object storage, Kubernetes, Linux, networking, security, observability, Infrastructure as Code
Preferred skills
specialized modern databases, graph-backed retrieval, S3-compatible APIs, Apache Arrow, OpenAPI, Kubernetes operators, Terraform, Ray, Kafka, streaming technologies, robotics/AI domain experience
Technologies
Go, Python, Kubernetes, Linux, Terraform, Helm, GitOps, Ray, Kafka, NATS, Redpanda, S3, Apache Arrow, Parquet, OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, WebSockets
Responsibilities
Develop a unifying Graph API, own DataOps infrastructure, establish best-practices for schema modeling, turbocharge agentic data access, develop reference architectures, advise downstream teams, build first-party integrations, improve developer experience, drive technical direction, raise operational quality
Seniority
Staff, hands-on technical leadership