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Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Lake Analytics Platform)

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Base Salary

$204k - $290k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Define and drive the long-term technical roadmap for the Lakehouse Platform.
  • Architect and implement platform capabilities for secure and trustworthy analytical data.
  • Design and operate secure data access capabilities across Snowflake and the lakehouse platform.
  • Partner with Analytics Engineering to evolve data modeling and transformation pipelines.
  • Establish best practices for lakehouse operations and incident response.
  • Identify and execute improvements for analytical compute and storage performance.
  • Collaborate with various teams to translate stakeholder needs into technical solutions.
  • Stay ahead of industry trends in lakehouse architecture and data governance.
  • Mentor engineers and foster an inclusive culture of design rigor and operational excellence.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in software engineering or data infrastructure.
  • 2+ years of technical leadership experience.
  • Proven experience with OLAP systems and lakehouse platforms.
  • Hands-on experience with Snowflake or comparable analytical data warehouses.
  • Strong understanding of data platform architecture and governance.
  • Experience with dbt or similar transformation frameworks.
  • Proficiency in Python, SQL, or JVM-based languages.
  • Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform.
  • Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience.

Benefits

  • 100% subsidized medical coverage for you and your dependents.
  • Generous stipends for technology, food, lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses.
  • Competitive vacation and holiday schedules.
  • Employee stock purchase plan at a discount.

Tech Stack

Categories

AI & MLBackendData EngineeringData Science