Senior Data Platform Engineer — Scale & Ingestion

Mudflap; Palo Alto (CA); Hybrid; USD 185,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity in a high-growth startup

Multiple health benefit options

Responsible Time Off

401(k) matching

Opportunities for major career growth

Annual Company offsite event

Job summary

A fast-growing tech company in the Bay Area is seeking a Senior Software Engineer focused on Data Platforms. You will design and implement core infrastructure, ensuring scalability and reliability. The ideal candidate has over 8 years of experience, expert-level Python skills, and a strong foundation in distributed systems and data processing technologies. This position offers a competitive salary, hybrid work options, and significant career growth potential.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, particularly with infrastructure systems.
• Expert-level proficiency in Python, developing production systems.
• Experience building or operating data platforms and pipeline frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Design and scale core data platform infrastructure.
• Develop production-grade Python services and libraries.
• Own the reliability and performance of the data platform.

Skills

Python proficiency

Software engineering

Distributed systems

Data processing

Cloud infrastructure

System design

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

AWS

Kafka

Spark

Snowflake

Job description

A fast-growing tech company in the Bay Area is seeking a Senior Software Engineer focused on Data Platforms. You will design and implement core infrastructure, ensuring scalability and reliability. The ideal candidate has over 8 years of experience, expert-level Python skills, and a strong foundation in distributed systems and data processing technologies. This position offers a competitive salary, hybrid work options, and significant career growth potential.