Senior Platform Engineer, Data & AI Platform

inari; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Inari is seeking a Senior Engineer to shape the Data & AI Platform and empower our engineering teams. You will own core platform services, APIs, and integration layers that enable scientists and engineers to build and deploy AI-powered workflows.

You will drive reliability, security, and automated operations while collaborating across teams to raise architectural standards and developer experience.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, or related roles.
• Proficiency in Python and hands-on experience with AWS and serverless architecture.
• Experience deploying containerized applications in production Kubernetes environments.
• Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong communication skills and ability to explain designs to cross-functional partners.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate core platform services powering Inari's Data & AI ecosystem.
• Build reusable foundations: authentication, CI/CD, IaC, observability, deployment frameworks.
• Evolve the integration layer across software, data, AI/ML, and scientific computing platforms.
• Own reliability, scalability, security, and operational health of platform services.
• Drive engineering excellence through architecture discussions and code reviews.

Skills

Software engineering

Python

Distributed systems

Serverless architecture

Clear communication

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

Observability tooling

Job description

Inari is seeking a Senior Engineer to shape the Data & AI Platform and empower our engineering teams. You will own core platform services, APIs, and integration layers that enable scientists and engineers to build and deploy AI-powered workflows.

You will drive reliability, security, and automated operations while collaborating across teams to raise architectural standards and developer experience.