Lead Data Platforms Engineer - Performance & Agentic AI

Accylerate, LLC.; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Accylerate, LLC. is seeking a Lead Engineer for Data Platforms, Performance & Agentic AI. You will own the technical architecture across full stack, with strong data and performance experience.

The role demands hands-on work with Node.js, Python, React, and AWS, plus real-time data pipelines and event-driven systems. You will lead design, implementation, and optimization of cloud-native platforms, scale data-generation systems, and integrate AI-driven components while ensuring observability,

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience building and operating scalable, distributed, cloud-native systems.
• Strong experience with end-to-end system design from data generation to front-end delivery.
• Proven expertise in performance engineering, profiling, load testing, and optimization.
• Hands-on backend experience with Node.js/TypeScript and Python, building APIs and event-driven systems.
• Experience designing and operating data pipelines and data platforms (real-time and batch).
• Experience with modern front-end apps (React/TypeScript) for data-intensive interfaces.
• Deep knowledge of AWS services (Lambda, S3, Redshift, DynamoDB, etc.).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (CDK, Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Familiarity with AI/ML systems in production, including model integration.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery of complex, end-to-end engineering solutions from data generation through analytics, APIs, and user-facing experiences.
• Develop deep understanding of business workflows, especially high-scale exam and operational systems.
• Partner with product, architecture, and engineering teams to shape requirements and estimates.
• Drive sprint planning, technical design discussions, and code/design reviews with focus on speed and quality.
• Lead design and implementation of scalable, high-performance cloud-native data platforms.
• Architect data generation systems to support testing, analytics, and AI model development.
• Engineer high-performance systems focusing on latency, throughput, resiliency, and cost.

Skills

Node.js

Python

React

TypeScript

AWS

Data pipelines

Performance engineering

Event-driven architectures

LLMs

AI orchestration

Tools

AWS CDK

Terraform

CloudFormation

Grafana

Job description

Accylerate, LLC. is seeking a Lead Engineer for Data Platforms, Performance & Agentic AI. You will own the technical architecture across full stack, with strong data and performance experience.

The role demands hands-on work with Node.js, Python, React, and AWS, plus real-time data pipelines and event-driven systems. You will lead design, implementation, and optimization of cloud-native platforms, scale data-generation systems, and integrate AI-driven components while ensuring observability,