Staff Software Engineer, Data Platform
Core
Lead design and architecture for complex Datastore projects, scaling PostgreSQL data models, Kafka-driven event pipelines, and GraphQL APIs.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer, Data Platform
Builds
Data pipelines delivering dataset snapshots into the warehouse, event-driven systems, and backend services.
Domain
Data infrastructure, distributed systems, database engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
PostgreSQL schema design and tuning, Kafka event streaming, distributed systems design, API design, container orchestration (Kubernetes), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Helm), mentoring engineers, technical writing
Preferred skills
Julia programming, LLM-assisted coding tools, GraphQL/TypeScript/Node.js
Technologies
PostgreSQL, Kafka, GraphQL, TypeScript, Node.js, Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, Python, Julia
Responsibilities
Design and scale PostgreSQL data models and event pipelines; debug ambiguous problems across system boundaries; draft RFCs and lead technical design; mentor engineers and improve team practices; operate PostgreSQL in production and teach database practices.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic alignment
