Senior Software Engineer - Data Infrastructure

The Impact You'll Have

• Define and deliver well-scoped milestones for projects, and may be a technical lead for projects on your team.
• Lead design for small-to-medium components and participate in design for larger components, moving from task-level impact to small-to-medium project-level impact.
• Have significant ownership of a component of the data infrastructure, including its reliability, performance, and developer experience.
• Identify gaps and propose plans towards addressing those gaps.
• Independently write code that is clear, well-tested, and appropriately flexible, reusable, and adaptable to changing requirements.
• Actively level up less-experienced members of your team by helping them with their craft, providing guidance, and setting a good example.
• Participate in on-call coverage.

Who You Are

• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer with a Bachelor's degree; or 3 years of experience with an advanced degree. In lieu of a degree, 8+ years of relevant experience may suffice.
• Strong proficiency in Python in a production context.
• Proficiency with SQL.
• Experience working with distributed systems.
• Production experience with multiple core data technologies, including Apache Kafka, Apache Spark, and Apache Airflow (or close equivalents).
• Production experience with modern table formats (Parquet, Hudi, Iceberg, or Delta Lake).
• Production experience with AWS or another major cloud.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK, or equivalent).
• Experience monitoring and alerting on production systems.
• Ability to decompose business problems into solutions that may require designs with multiple interacting components.
• Ability to build correct, maintainable software components.
• Ability to work with cross-functional stakeholders to identify technical blindspots and clarify ambiguity.
• Ability to present clear and concise messages tailored to various audiences; able to communicate clearly and respectfully both verbally and in writing.
• A focus on quality and meeting deadlines.
• Ability to decompose business problems into solutions that may require designs with multiple interacting components.
• Ability to build correct, maintainable software components.
• Ability to work with cross-functional stakeholders to identify technical blindspots and clarify ambiguity.
• Ability to present clear and concise messages tailored to various audiences; able to communicate clearly and respectfully both verbally and in writing.