Senior Software Engineer, Data Ingestion
InformaticaBase Salary
$173k - $260k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and develop scalable streaming and batch pipelines for structured and unstructured datasets.
- Design and implement Slack Lakehouse solutions and production use cases.
- Improve service and pipeline reliability and performance using AI-assisted or agentic solutions and tools.
- Automate dataset lifecycle management, including schema evolution, metadata management, changes, backfills, deprecation, and migration.
- Build and maintain scalable distributed services and data tools for large-volume data acquisition.
- Lead technical initiatives independently and collaborate with cross-functional partners.
- Write, review, and provide feedback on technical design proposals.
- Coach and mentor engineers across the team and organization.
Requirements
- U.S. citizenship is required, including U.S.-born or naturalized citizenship, with no dual citizenship.
- Willingness to undergo a U.S. federal Minimum Background Investigation for a Moderate Public Trust position and GovSlack authorization.
- 7+ years of software or data engineering experience.
- Experience building applications with streaming and Lakehouse technologies such as Kafka, Kafka Connect, Flink, Spark Streaming, Iceberg, Hudi, or Delta.
- Hands-on experience building and maintaining batch data pipelines using Spark, Airflow, EMR, S3, or equivalent technologies.
- Proficiency in SQL, Python, Java, Scala, Go, or equivalent object-oriented or functional programming languages.
- Experience building robust distributed microservices with tools such as Kubernetes, Docker, AWS ECS/EKS, Terraform, and Grafana.
- Familiarity with AI-assisted software development and automation, including Claude Code or Codex, is preferred.
- Strong written, verbal, communication, collaboration, and technical explanation skills are preferred.
Benefits
- Benefits include time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program.
- This role is subject to U.S. citizenship, no-dual-citizenship, and federal background-investigation requirements.
- The base salary range is $172,500-$260,100 annually, or $207,800-$285,800 annually in select San Francisco and New York City metropolitan areas.
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About Informatica
Informatica (NYSE: INFA), a leader in AI-powered enterprise cloud data management, helps businesses unlock the full value of their data and AI. As data grows in complexity and volume, Informatica’s Intelligent Data Management Cloud™ delivers a complete, end-to-end platform with a suite of industry-leading, integrated solutions to connect, manage and unify data across any cloud, hybrid or multi-cloud environment. Powered by CLAIRE® AI, Informatica’s platform integrates natively with all major cloud providers, data warehouses and analytics tools— giving organizations the freedom of choice, avoiding vendor lock-in and delivering better ROI by enabling access to governed data, simplifying operations and scaling with confidence. Trusted by approximately 5,000 customers in nearly 100 countries—including over 80 of the Fortune 100—Informatica is the backbone of platform-agnostic, cloud data-driven transformation. Informatica. Where data and AI come to life.™ Contact: PR@informatica.com