Software Engineer - Data Platform (Staff+)
Cogent Security2 months ago
Base Salary
$100k - $300k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build data connectors and ingestion systems for enterprise data sources.
- Design and implement robust backend systems, ETL pipelines, and data extraction workflows.
- Build highly performant data pipelines and indexing strategies for semantic search and retrieval-augmented generation.
- Architect storage, query, indexing, and data lake strategies for enterprise data.
- Collaborate with Applied AI teams to taxonomize, correlate, and deduplicate data.
- Make build-versus-buy decisions for data-platform tools and services and integrate them into the broader architecture and technology roadmap.
- Develop reusable system components and design patterns that scale from one integration to thousands.
- Provide hands-on technical leadership across multiple platform projects.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional experience as a hands-on engineer and technical leader leading multiple projects.
- Experience building enterprise information retrieval data pipelines, such as knowledge graphs or search engines.
- Experience with ETL orchestration and workflow-management tools such as Temporal and Airflow.
- Experience building batch-processing and streaming systems with Apache Kafka or Flink.
- Expertise in database fundamentals, SQL, data reliability practices, and distributed computing.
- Fluency with orchestration and deployment technologies including Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, and Databricks across multiple clouds.
Benefits
- California applicants have a stated base salary range of $100,000-$300,000 annually.
- Certain roles may be eligible for variable compensation, equity, and benefits.
Tech Stack
Categories
BackendData Engineering
About Cogent Security
Cogent Security builds AI-native vulnerability management software for enterprise security teams, using autonomous agents to analyze large-scale environment data and prioritize and remediate risk. The privately held company, founded in 2024 and headquartered in San Francisco, partners with Fortune 500 organizations and is backed by Greylock Partners. Its model centers on selling an enterprise platform and post-sales solutions that deploy at production scale.