Senior Data Platform Engineer for Scalable AI

scaleai; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Scale AI is seeking a Platform Engineer to lead the design and development of core data storage, streaming, caching, and indexing platforms. You’ll gain exposure to the forefront of the AI race as Scale sees it in enterprises, startups, governments, and large tech companies.

You will drive design, implementation, and reliability of foundational data platforms, collaborating with stakeholders to refine requirements and deliver new features.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-time engineering experience in backend systems.
• Experience with large-scale data storage, streaming, and warehousing.
• Ability to mentor and lead teams on successful projects.

Responsibilities

• Drive design, implementation, and reliability of data platforms and systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and deliver new features.
• Proactively improve programming practices and tooling.

Skills

Back-end systems

Distributed data platforms

Communication & collaboration

Mentoring / leading teams

Tools

Kubernetes

MongoDB

PostgreSQL

Kinesis

Flink

Spark

ElasticSearch

Redis

Trino

Presto

Snowflake

Job description

Scale AI is seeking a Platform Engineer to lead the design and development of core data storage, streaming, caching, and indexing platforms. You’ll gain exposure to the forefront of the AI race as Scale sees it in enterprises, startups, governments, and large tech companies.

You will drive design, implementation, and reliability of foundational data platforms, collaborating with stakeholders to refine requirements and deliver new features.