Founding Engineer - Distributed Systems (Tower)

Flyer One Ventures; Berlin; Vor Ort; EUR 70.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading company is seeking a Founding Engineer to build and operate the core infrastructure of their serverless data platform. This role involves designing scalable systems, ensuring performance and security, and mentoring junior engineers within a dynamic startup environment focused on improving lives for data engineers and data scientists. With a competitive salary and equity opportunities, this position offers the chance to shape the culture and direction of a new company.

Leistungen

Competitive salary

Significant equity

Flexible working arrangements

Emphasis on work/life balance

Qualifikationen

• Proven experience in software engineering, focusing on backend distributed systems.
• Experience with cloud platforms and containerization technologies.
• Strong understanding of security best practices.

Aufgaben

• Design and develop the core API and control plane for data applications.
• Implement scalable systems for workload management.
• Collaborate with the team and company founders on user experience.

Kenntnisse

Software engineering

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

Security best practices

Communication skills

Jobbeschreibung

Currently, we are looking for a Founding Engineer in our portfolio company - Tower .

Tower helps data scientists and data engineers deliver on their roadmaps faster by providing a serverless data and AI platform built on Iceberg storage that is fully-integrated with your enterprise infrastructure. Our mission is to support the development of a multi-engine world where companies pick the best engine for the job and companies own their data. We are a team of industry veterans, backed by leading VCs, on a mission to push the boundaries of what’s possible in an effort to dramatically improve the lives of data engineers and data scientists around the world.

As a distributed systems engineer at Tower, you’ll be at the core of our platform’s infrastructure, building and operating the API and control plane that powers secure, scalable execution of Python-based data applications. You’ll design and implement systems that manage compute, scheduling, tenancy, and orchestration, ensuring reliability and performance across a highly dynamic environment. This role is ideal for engineers who love working at the intersection of systems design, cloud-native infrastructure, and developer experience—and who are excited to help shape the foundations of a modern, serverless data platform.

About you :

• Proven experience in software engineering, with a focus on backend distributed systems deployed in the cloud.
• Experience working on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Deep understanding of security best practices, especially for cloud systems and data security.
• Proven track record of building and deploying scalable software systems.
• Strong communication skills and a desire to partner with our customers in solving their problems.

Nice to have :

• Significant experience operating and extending Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with CI / CD pipelines and DevOps practices and, in particular, defining them based on best practices.
• Significant previous experience with startups.

What you willdo :

• Own end-to-end (design, develop, and implement) the core API and control plane that orchestrates the execution of Python-based data applications.
• Implement scalable systems for scheduling, tenancy, and lifecycle management of user workloads.
• Ensure high availability, performance, and security across distributed services running in dynamic cloud environments.
• Collaborate with a small, close-knit team and the company’s founders to define and implement a seamless user experiences.
• Develop robust interfaces and internal tooling to support both end users and platform operations.
• Influence architectural decisions and contribute to the technical foundation of a next-generation data platform.
• Mentor junior engineers and help shape the technical direction of the team and company.

What doweoffer :

• Opportunity to push yourself while you also push the boundaries of what’s possible to bring a next generation product—that you’ve help define—to market.
• Be a key member of a team that defines the culture of a new company from the ground up.
• Salary that is competitive to market (despite being a startup) and significant equity in the overall venture.
• Flexible working arrangements with an emphasis on work / life balance.

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