Parafin

Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform

Parafin
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6 months ago

Base Salary

$230k - $265k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and build scalable data pipelines and lakehouse infrastructure using PySpark, Databricks, Airflow, and AWS.
  • Create abstractions, self-service tooling, and documentation to improve the data platform experience for Engineering, Data Science, and Product teams.
  • Own core data pipelines and models supporting internal dashboards, ML models, and customer-facing products.
  • Administer Databricks workspaces, including access management, performance monitoring, configuration optimization, and pipeline availability.
  • Lead initiatives involving data quality, testing, observability, cost efficiency, ingestion scaling, data lineage, and migrations such as Databricks SQL pipelines to dbt.
  • Serve as the primary engineering partner for Data Science and collaborate with backend engineers on performant data models and product development.
  • Share best practices and mentor engineers working on data-centric systems.

Requirements

  • At least 4 years of software engineering experience with a strong background in data infrastructure, pipelines, and distributed systems.
  • Advanced proficiency in Python and SQL.
  • Hands-on Spark development experience.
  • Expertise with AWS, including S3 and RDS, Databricks, Airflow, and lakehouse architectures.
  • Hands-on experience with Hadoop, Hive, Kafka or similar streaming platforms, Delta Lake or Iceberg, and Trino or Presto.
  • Familiarity with ingestion frameworks, developer-experience tooling, data versioning, lineage, partitioning, and clustering.
  • Strong problem-solving skills, ownership mindset, and communication and collaboration abilities.
  • Experience with AWS infrastructure using Terraform, observability tools such as Datadog, cloud cost tracking, financial systems, ML infrastructure, feature stores such as Tecton, or internal and open-source data tooling is beneficial.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Work-from-home flexibility
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Commuter benefits
  • Free lunches
  • Paid parental leave
  • 401(k)
  • Employee assistance program
  • Equity grant

Tech Stack

Apache AirflowApache HadoopApache HiveApache KafkaApache SparkAWSDatabricksDatadogdbtPrestoPythonSQLTerraform

Categories

Data EngineeringDevOps
Parafin

About Parafin

51-200 employees

Parafin’s infrastructure powers financial services for marketplaces, vertical SaaS, payment platforms, and more. With a single integration, platforms can launch a full suite of financial products for their small business sellers, including capital, spend management, and savings tools. These services provide access to financing and help businesses thrive by leveraging real-time performance data to offer customized financial solutions.