Staff Software Engineer, Data Platform

The shape of it

In the posting’s own words

At the foundation of these products is the Platform Engineering team. In this role, you will lead the design and development of core data storage, streaming, caching, and indexing platforms and underlying systems. You’ll also get widespread exposure to the forefront of the AI race as Scale sees it in enterprises, startups, governments, and large tech companies.

What it asks for · 5

• Extensive experience in various database technologies (MongoDB, Postgres), streaming/processing solutions (Kinesis, Flink, Spark), indexing/caching (ElasticSearch, Redis), and various data query engines (Trino, Presto, Snowflake, etc.).
• Show a track record of mentoring and leading teams in successful projects.
• Possess excellent communication and collaboration skills, and the ability to translate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Extensive experience in software development and a deep understanding of distributed systems, cloud platforms and data systems.
• Experience with performance tuning and cost optimizations of cloud based data platforms.

Tools and skills named

Words the posting leans on

• data11×
• experience8×
• platforms6×
• systems6×
• engineering4×
• human4×
• products4×
• software4×
• technologies4×
• cloud3×
• design3×
• development3×
• evaluation3×
• large3×
• models3×
• stakeholders3×

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