Data Engineer

Nscale; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Highly competitive package with equity

Dynamic progression plan tailored to ambitions

Human-First Flexibility

Thrive in a remote-first team environment

Job summary

A leading GPU cloud engineering firm in Seattle is seeking a Data Engineer to design and build data foundations for their platform. In this high-impact role, you’ll collaborate with multiple teams to create reliable data products. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience in Palantir Foundry and proficiency in Python. This position offers a competitive salary range and a remote-first work environment with flexibility to balance personal and professional commitments.

Qualifications

• Experience building in Palantir Foundry with ontology modeling and pipeline development.
• Strong background in Python for data engineering tasks.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguous environments and evolving requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable data pipelines for operational signals.
• Define data models that support business workflows.
• Implement data quality checks and monitoring.
• Take ownership of data projects from design to production.

Skills

Palantir Foundry experience

Python proficiency

API integration

Data engineering libraries

Git-based development

Strong communication skills

Ownership and pragmatism

Tools

Spark

PySpark

Dask

pandas

Job description

About Nscale

Nscale is the GPU cloud engineered for AI. We provide cost-effective, high-performance infrastructure for AI start‑ups and large enterprise customers. Nscale enables AI‑focused companies to achieve superior results by reducing the complexity of AI development. Our GPU cloud bolsters technical capabilities and directly supports strategic business outcomes, including cost management, rapid innovation, and environmental responsibility.

We thrive on a culture of relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability, where every team member takes pride in their work and drives it with excellence and urgency. As an Nscaler, you’ll build trust through openness and transparency, where everyone is inspired to do their best work. If you join our team, you’ll be contributing to building the technology that powers the future.

About The Role (Job Purpose)

We’re looking for a Data Engineer to help design, build, and operate the data foundations that underpin Nscale’s platform, internal operations, and customer‑facing capabilities. This is a high‑impact, early‑stage role. You’ll work closely with Operations, Infrastructure, Platform Engineering, Product, and Commercial teams to turn raw operational signals — from GPUs, clusters, customers, and internal systems — into reliable, scalable data products that ensure delivery at a previously unseen pace. You’ll help define how data is collected, modeled, served, and trusted across the company, and have the opportunity to build on Palantir Foundry, as well as other products.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys building data systems from first principles, thrives in ambiguous environments, and wants to see their work directly influence product decisions, platform reliability, and customer outcomes.

What You’ll Be Doing (Responsibilities)

Data Platform & Architecture

• Design and build scalable, reliable data pipelines that ingest data from infrastructure, platform services, and business systems.
• Define data models and schemas that support operational workflows and use‑cases across the business, monitoring, and analytics.
• Clean, transform and structure the data to create a digital twin of Nscale.
• Implement permissioning and manage access and security of the Foundry implementation.

Data Products & Enablement

• Create trusted datasets and metrics that power workflows and processes, internal tools, and customer‑facing insights.
• Enable self‑serve analytics by establishing clear data contracts, documentation, and semantic layers.
• Build use cases including but not limited to capacity planning, cost optimisation, reliability analysis, and customer reporting to drive our business forward.
• Collaborate with Product and Commercial teams to translate real‑world questions into robust data solutions.

Reliability, Quality & Governance

• Implement data quality checks, monitoring, and alerting to ensure data correctness and availability.
• Codify data lineage, freshness, and consistency across systems.
• Establish best practices around data versioning, access control, and governance appropriate for a fast‑scaling company.
• Continuously improve system resilience and observability.

Early‑Stage Ownership & Growth

• Take end‑to‑end ownership of projects, from design through to production and iteration.
• Help define standards, tooling, and ways of working for data at Nscale.
• Contribute to technical decision‑making as the company scales its platform and customer base.
• Act as a thought partner to engineers and operators, not just a service function.

About You (Skills / Qualifications)

• Deep, hands‑on experience building in Palantir Foundry, including ontology modelling, pipeline development, API integration, and large‑scale data platform design.
• Strong proficiency in Python, with experience applying data engineering libraries and frameworks (e.g. Spark, PySpark, Dask, pandas) to work with large, complex datasets.
• Familiarity with API‑driven data integration, including REST, GraphQL, and Foundry Action APIs.
• Practical experience working in Git‑based development workflows, including code reviews, version control, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Comfort working in ambiguous, early‑stage environments where requirements evolve quickly.
• Strong communication skills — able to explain data concepts clearly to technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• A bias toward ownership, pragmatism, and shipping useful solutions.

Nice to Have

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and infrastructure telemetry.
• Familiarity with distributed systems, monitoring data, or usage‑based billing data.
• Experience supporting customer‑facing data products or platforms.

What We Can Offer You

• Highly competitive package (base + equity) with reviews every 12 months 🚀
• Join the fastest‑growing tech startup, your chance to push boundaries, collaborate with brilliant minds, and make your mark on cutting‑edge AI ✨
• Expect a dynamic progression plan tailored to your ambitions. Grow by trying new things, leading, challenging the status quo, and owning your impact, always with our full support.
• Human‑First Flexibility: We treat you as humans first. 🫶🏽 Our flexible workplace trusts Nscalers to deliver, giving you the autonomy to shape your day around life’s moments.
• Join our thriving remote‑first team. Geography is no barrier to impact or connection. We build seamless virtual collaboration, empowering you, wherever you work.

Interview Process

• Phone screen
• Coding interviews
• Hiring Manager interview

Equal Opportunities Statement

We strongly encourage applications from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio‑economic backgrounds. If there’s anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know.

The responsibilities outlined in this job description are not exhaustive and are intended to provide a general overview of the position. The employee may be required to perform additional duties, tasks, and responsibilities as assigned by management, consistent with the skills and qualifications required for the role.

The range below reflects the base salary for the position. Actual compensation may vary based on job‑related factors such as skill set, experience, education, and location. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for bonus, equity, and/or commission programs. Nscale may offer a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, flexible paid time off, parental leave, and retirement plan participation.

Salary Range: $130,000 USD - $160,000 USD

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