Backend Engineer
Core
Design, build, and maintain data pipelines and cloud infrastructure to support Techstars OS, the operating system for running accelerators and making investment decisions.
Role type
Senior Backend Data Engineer / Platform Engineer
Builds
Reliable data pipelines, Kubernetes-based infrastructure, and internal integrations for Techstars OS
Domain
Venture Capital / Startup Acceleration / Cloud Infrastructure
Required skills
Data pipeline design (ETL/ELT), PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, Infrastructure-as-Code (OpenTofu/Terraform), Python, AWS services, CI/CD practices, Debugging
Preferred skills
Salesforce integrations, Financial/investment data knowledge, Data orchestration (Airflow), JavaScript/TypeScript, Prometheus/Grafana
Technologies
PostgreSQL, Kafka, Kubernetes, Helm, OpenTofu, Terraform, Python, AWS (S3, RDS, Lambda, IAM), Salesforce, Prometheus, Grafana
Responsibilities
Design and maintain data ingestion and transformation pipelines; Manage Kubernetes clusters and deployment tooling; Optimize PostgreSQL schemas and queries; Build internal tooling connecting third-party SaaS tools; Partner on incident response and observability; Contribute to engineering standards and code reviews
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
