Senior Backend Software Engineer (Lakehouse Infrastructure)

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior Backend Software Engineer, Lakehouse Infrastructure

Description

Own and deliver quarterly goals for lakehouse backend infrastructure that provides reliable, scalable, self-serve offline data access for ML, Product, and Financial Engineering. Lead engineers through ambiguous, open-ended problems, partner with product/analytics on technical constraints and trade-offs, and ensure operational excellence for your team’s data platform artifacts.

Responsibilities

• Lead quarterly goal delivery and support engineers through ambiguous problem-solving
• Collaborate with product management, design, and analytics to contribute in ideation and technical decision-making
• Identify and lead resolution of project, process, technology, or business issues; advocate for needed changes
• Create and monitor metrics for operational health, escalate when needed, and support on-call/“keep the lights on”
• Foster quality and ownership via code review and design standards; advocate through writing and tech talks
• Support team growth through feedback, guidance, and leading by example

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience designing, developing, and launching backend systems at scale using Python or Kotlin
• Track record building highly available distributed systems using AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes
• Experience scaling data/streaming/lakehouse technologies including Iceberg, Flink, Airflow, Spark, Kafka, Snowflake, and Terraform
• Ability to define delivery plans for significant features or system components with elegant, simple, extensible design
• Proficiency making significant changes in a large codebase safely
• Demonstrated ownership of professional growth and proactive feedback seeking
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Benefits

• 100% subsidized medical coverage for employees and dependents, plus dental and vision
• Monthly technology spending and health/wellness stipends
• Flexible time off and generous holiday calendars
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) to buy stock at a discount