Backend Engineer
Core
Build the validation engine that reads from source systems, runs validators at real volume, and raises incidents for data quality, lineage, and cataloging.
Role type
Senior Backend Engineer (Data Quality & Validation Engine)
Builds
Production validation engine, source connectors, and SQL generation for enterprise data platforms
Domain
Data management, data quality, and AI-ready data infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Rust, Go, SQL (dialects, window functions, query plans), async runtimes, backpressure, memory layout, lock contention, protobuf, gRPC, Kubernetes, Helm, debugging complex systems
Preferred skills
Data quality, observability, lineage, catalog systems, air-gapped/on-prem deployment
Technologies
Rust, Go, Protobuf, gRPC, Python, Postgres, Redis, Kubernetes, Helm, GitHub Actions, Claude, Gemini, Codex
Responsibilities
Own engine components end-to-end from proto contract to production metrics; Build source connectors for customer warehouses; Generate performant SQL across multiple dialects; Extend lineage parser for uncovered dialects; Debug hard systems problems under load; Collaborate with Customer Success and Solutions Engineering on customer issues
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC