Senior Data Systems Architect – AI & Cloud-Native

Raft; Tacoma (WA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully covered healthcare, dental and 


Vision coverage

401(k) with company match

PTO + 11 paid holidays

Job summary

Raft is hiring to join a data-focused product team building on Kafka, Trino, DuckDB, and Superset. You will contribute to backend and frontend, delivering end-to-end features that let users tell data stories, while driving robust software design and scalable architectures in a defense-tech context.

The role requires 8+ years building RESTful APIs, strong DB experience, and the ability to work in cloud-native environments.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience building RESTful APIs in Go, Java, Python, Rust, or Scala.
• Deep software design and architectural skills.
• Experience with large-scale relational and non-relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch).
• Experience with cloud-native development and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with package managers Maven, Gradle, NPM.
• Experience with AI coding assistants.

Responsibilities

• Build a data-focused product using open source tech (Kafka, Trino, DuckDB, Superset).
• Work on backend and frontend to enable data storytelling in the product.
• Own complex lifecycles and deliver end-to-end features.
• Collaborate across distributed teams and security requirements.

Skills

RESTful APIs

Software design

Team leadership

Security+ readiness

AI coding assistants

Tools

Kafka

Trino

DuckDB

Superset

PostgreSQL

MySQL

MongoDB

Elasticsearch

Docker

Kubernetes

Maven

Gradle

NPM

Job description

Raft is hiring to join a data-focused product team building on Kafka, Trino, DuckDB, and Superset. You will contribute to backend and frontend, delivering end-to-end features that let users tell data stories, while driving robust software design and scalable architectures in a defense-tech context.

The role requires 8+ years building RESTful APIs, strong DB experience, and the ability to work in cloud-native environments.