Senior Data & AI Platform Engineer — Remote (Databricks)

Mutt Data; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first culture

In-Company English Lessons

Wellhub / sports stipend

Certifications covered

Food credits

Job summary

Muttdata is a remote-first startup building data products and AI solutions for clients worldwide. We seek a Senior Data & AI Platform Engineer to design governed data access layers and scalable data infrastructures on Databricks, enabling secure data services and AI-driven workflows.

You will collaborate across Architecture, Security, Governance, and AI teams to establish standards, drive initiatives, and deliver reusable components for future AI projects.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data platform architecture, engineering, integration, or distributed services.
• Production experience with Databricks and Unity Catalog.
• Experience designing APIs and services using OAuth2, OIDC, JWT, and service principals.
• Knowledge of generative AI: agents, LLMs, tool calling, and MCP.
• Strong autonomy and ability to define standards; excellent communication.

Responsibilities

• Design the data access architecture for applications, APIs, AI agents, and MCPs on top of Databricks.
• Define secure, reusable patterns for exposing data and capabilities (Data Services, APIs, SQL, functions, MCP).
• Implement authentication and authorization preserving identity, context, and permissions of each consumer.
• Integrate access layers with Unity Catalog, policies, masking, and governance controls.
• Design Data Products and Data Services with clear contracts and versioning.
• Ensure traceability and auditability of users, services, agents, and resources they query.
• Integrate Databricks with models, agents, APIs, and internal or external platforms.
• Build reusable components that accelerate new AI initiatives.

Skills

Data platform architecture

Leadership / autonomy

Communication

Education

Engineering/CS degree

Tools

Databricks

Unity Catalog

OAuth2

OIDC

JWT

Job description

Muttdata is a remote-first startup building data products and AI solutions for clients worldwide. We seek a Senior Data & AI Platform Engineer to design governed data access layers and scalable data infrastructures on Databricks, enabling secure data services and AI-driven workflows.

You will collaborate across Architecture, Security, Governance, and AI teams to establish standards, drive initiatives, and deliver reusable components for future AI projects.