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Staff Software Engineer, Data

Palo Alto💼 Full-time💰 $270,000–$270,000🗓 2026-07-20 → 2026-09-25

Core

Architect and own high-scale data platforms, storage solutions, and transformation patterns to empower analysts and ML engineers for financial inclusion decisions.

Role type

Staff Software Engineer (Data)

Builds

Foundational data infrastructure and scalable data pipelines

Domain

FinTech / Financial Services / Data Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure

Required skills

Distributed systems design, Data processing frameworks (Spark, Flink, Kafka), Cloud data warehousing, Systems design, Strategic technical planning, Data quality governance, Cross-functional leadership, Mentoring senior engineers

Preferred skills

ML Ops experience, Financial services domain knowledge

Technologies

Spark, Flink, Kafka, Cloud data warehouses

Responsibilities

Design and evolve high-scale data platforms and storage solutions; Define long-term roadmap for data infrastructure; Lead implementation of data contracts and schema evolution; Troubleshoot complex technical bottlenecks in data pipelines; Act as technical advisor for strategic investments in the data stack; Mentor senior engineers and lead cross-functional task forces

Seniority

Staff, strategic IC with mentorship and architectural ownership

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