Lead Data Platform Engineer for Scalable AI Systems

Scale AI; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellbeing

Career growth stipend

Community events

Parental leave

Job summary

Scale AI in New York is seeking a Platform Engineer to lead the design and development of core data storage, streaming, caching, and indexing platforms and underlying systems. You’ll drive architecture, design, implementation, and reliability of foundational data platforms, working closely with stakeholders to understand and refine requirements.

You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver new features, mentor junior engineers, and uplift engineering standards while engaging with

Qualifications

• 8+ years of full-time engineering experience across backend and data systems.
• Extensive experience with data storage, streaming, and warehousing technologies.
• Proven ability to architect scalable platforms and lead engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of core data storage, streaming, caching, and indexing platforms.
• Drive architecture and reliability of foundational data platforms across projects.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to refine requirements.
• Mentor juniors and uplift engineering standards across the organization.

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

Backend systems

CI/CD tooling

Data storage

Data streaming

Team leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Kubernetes

CircleCI

ElasticSearch

Redis

Kinesis

Snowflake

Job description

Scale AI in New York is seeking a Platform Engineer to lead the design and development of core data storage, streaming, caching, and indexing platforms and underlying systems. You’ll drive architecture, design, implementation, and reliability of foundational data platforms, working closely with stakeholders to understand and refine requirements.

You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver new features, mentor junior engineers, and uplift engineering standards while engaging with