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
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
