Data Platform Engineer — Pipelines & Interfaces for AI Research

Metamorphic; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa sponsorship

Competitive compensation

Mentorship and career development

Job summary

Metamorphic is seeking Software Engineers to build a robust data platform powering research and model development. You will design and maintain systems moving data from ingestion through transformation to analytics-ready interfaces for research workflows, model training, and long‑term archival use.

You will collaborate with researchers, ML engineers, and infrastructure teams to ensure production readiness, scalability, and maintainability as the platform evolves with the company.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in CS/ML or related field.
• Strong Python and database query skills.
• Experience with production data platforms and ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain the data platform for analytics and research workflows.
• Build and optimize ETL/ELT pipelines and ingestion services.
• Ensure data quality, schema evolution, and performance across SQL/NoSQL.
• Collaborate with researchers, ML engineers, and infra teams.

Skills

Python

Data pipelines

SQL/NoSQL

Data modeling

Observability

Collaboration

Airflow

Dagster

Prefect

Performance optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, ML, or related field

Tools

Airflow

Dagster

Prefect

Docker

Kubernetes

MLflow

Job description

Metamorphic is seeking Software Engineers to build a robust data platform powering research and model development. You will design and maintain systems moving data from ingestion through transformation to analytics-ready interfaces for research workflows, model training, and long‑term archival use.

You will collaborate with researchers, ML engineers, and infrastructure teams to ensure production readiness, scalability, and maintainability as the platform evolves with the company.