As a Senior Backend Engineer on the Platform engineering team, you’ll lead the development of key aspects of our core services, including data I/O, streaming and storage capabilities. In this role, you will drive the evolution of our data infrastructure , focusing on large-scale high-throughput import and export, enabling our customers to seamlessly stream data from our to their platform, supporting the development of next generation AI models.

Your Day to Day

• Design, Develop, Deploy: Lead the design, development, and deployment of critical backend systems for large-scale distributed data infrastructure, including high-throughput exports.
• Scalability & Performance: Architect highly scalable, secure, and performant systems to handle billions of records at blazing speeds.
• Customer Collaboration: Work directly with customers to understand their needs, troubleshoot issues, and continuously improve the platform based on their feedback.
• Project Leadership: Drive initiatives from concept to execution, collaborating across teams and acting as a project owner.
• Strategic Planning: Work closely with stakeholders to define the Platform team’s roadmap and work closely with senior leadership to shape the company’s future.
• Innovation in AI: Contribute to building new capabilities for an AI platform used by leading AI labs to develop powerful multi-modal large language models (LLMs).

About You

• 5-8+ years of experience as a backend software engineer
• Expertise in a modern programming language (Python, Java, Kotlin, or TypeScript)
• Proficient in multiple storage systems (Relational Databases, Key-Value Stores, Cloud Buckets, etc.)
• Strong understanding of architectural concepts for large-scale distributed systems
• Expertise in building streaming ETL pipelines
• Experience with asynchronous messaging systems (Kafka, Google Pub/Sub, AWS SQS, RabbitMQ)
• Extensive experience with one or more public cloud platforms:
  • Google Cloud Platform (GCP) (preferred)
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Microsoft Azure

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with ReactJS and front-end development techniques
• An understanding of microservices architecture
• Knowledge of Google Spanner and ElasticSearch
• Working knowledge of orchestration systems (e.g., Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with DevOps tools, such as ArgoCD, CodeFresh, and DataDog