Staff Engineer

As our first hire in this domain, you'll join as a key leader shaping our approach to data infrastructure. Your main responsibility is to build systems that make data storage efficient, scalable, and reliable. Together, we'll ensure our data storage landscape enables engineers, product teams, and analytics to move quickly and confidently.
What You Will DoCollaborate with engineers to review and optimize our current transactional and non-transactional databases, initially focused on our query engine and expanding across modules.Design, evaluate, and evolve data storage strategies - including selecting the right storage systems (relational, NoSQL, cloud or on-prem) - to future-proof our infrastructure.Architect and maintain scalable, secure, and cost-efficient data storage solutions; introduce best practices, monitoring, and self-serve storage patterns.Build and enhance ETL/data pipelines, ensuring they're performant, reliable, and adaptable for diverse data needs.Implement data governance, storage optimization, indexing, partitioning strategies, and access control to uphold performance and compliance.Partner with product, analytics, and platform teams to align our technical strategy with business and user needs - anticipating future data demands and enabling self-service data capabilities.
What We Are Looking For In addition to being a highly experienced technical leader, we're looking for someone who embraces strategic thinking and cross-functional collaboration:5+ years of engineering experience in data, storage, or platform rolesExpertise with multiple data storage technologies (not just PostgreSQL and OpenSearch) - including cloud-native, NoSQL, data warehouses or hybrid systemsStrong skills in data architecture design, performance tuning, indexing, partitioning, and storage optimizationHands-on experience designing or improving query engines, ETL pipelines, or data infrastructureA platform-oriented mindset - prioritizing self-service, standardization, scalability, and enabling consumers of dataExcellent communication, product empathy, and ability to work with diverse stakeholders - translating technical considerations into business outcomes
Your Tech StackProficiency in SQL and one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, Ruby, Kotlin, Java) for scripting and pipeline developmentFamiliarity with both transactional and analytical database systems, relational and non-relational storesExperience with query engine optimization, indexing, partitioning, distributed storage architecturesExposure to cloud infrastructure and tools (AWS, GCP, Azure), orchestration, and infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform, Kubernetes)Understanding of data governance, compliance, and security best practices in storage and pipelines
What Will Make You Stand OutDeep experience in self-serve data platforms or Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) focused on data capabilitiesProven track record of owning data technical strategy and driving long-term storage architecture decisionsExposure to emerging paradigms like data mesh, decentralized data architectures, or treating data as a productExperience with Streaming and Change Data Capture (CDC) technologies
Our Tech StackStorage & Databases: PostgreSQL, OpenSearch, DuckDBTools & Infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, KafkaData Platform: Transactional & analytical data systems, internal query engines, evolving storage architectures
You Can Look Forward to the Following BenefitsStock optionsMacBook + 34″ monitorBudget for online courses, books, and conferences5 weeks of vacation + sick days1 Volunteer Day per year for you to help causes close to your heartCarrot Fertility BenefitsFree snacks, drinks, and yummy catered lunchesMultiSport card to access sports facilitiesFlexible working hours and home officeParental benefitsLanguage lessonsMental Wellness Program to support your well-being and self-careHone – Live, interactive learning programs for managers, leaders, and teams

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