CareerPlan

Founding Software Engineer, Data

Palo AltoFull-time$150k–$225k2026-11-05 → 2026-11-06
HybridNo visa sponsorship

Core

Building the AI platform to modernize legacy enterprise data estates (databases, warehouses, pipelines) for Fortune 500 companies.

Role type

Founding Software Engineer (Data Infrastructure)

Builds

Systems for understanding, translating, and migrating legacy data estates to modern cloud-native targets; ingestion, parsing, indexing, and knowledge graph systems.

Domain

Enterprise Data Modernization, Legacy System Migration, Cloud Data Warehousing

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Relational database architecture, Data warehouse platforms, ETL/ELT systems, SQL dialect translation, Cloud-native data platforms, Python, TypeScript, React, System architecture

Preferred skills

Expert-level SQL across multiple dialects, Experience with legacy platforms (SQL Server, Oracle, Teradata, Cloudera/Hadoop), Experience with modern targets (PostgreSQL, BigQuery, Snowflake)

Technologies

Python, TypeScript, React, SQL Server, Oracle, Teradata, Cloudera/Hadoop, PostgreSQL, BigQuery, Snowflake

Responsibilities

Design and build systems to analyze and translate legacy schemas, stored procedures, and ETL jobs; Architect and ship data ingestion, parsing, indexing, and knowledge graph systems; Validate functional and data equivalence during migrations.

Seniority

Founding, hands-on IC