Senior Platform Engineer, Data & AI Systems

Inari Agriculture, Inc.; North Oaks (MN); On-site; USD 127,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k with company match

Paid time off

Health, vision, dental

Flexible spending accounts

Stock option grant

Job summary

Inari Agriculture, Inc. in Minnesota seeks a senior software/platform engineer to shape our Data & AI Platform. You will own core services, APIs, and integration across data, AI, and scientific computing.

This role emphasizes reliable, scalable infrastructure and strong developer experience. You’ll design reusable platform foundations, drive automation, and collaborate with scientists and engineers to advance our predictive design engine and product pipelines.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in software/platform engineering or related roles.
• Experience designing distributed systems and cloud-native infrastructure.
• Proficiency in Python and AWS; serverless experience.
• Experience building APIs, orchestration frameworks, data pipelines, or AI/ML infra.
• Experience deploying containerized apps in production Kubernetes.
• Hands-on with Terraform, CI/CD, observability tooling.
• Ability to communicate designs and tradeoffs clearly.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate core platform services powering Inari's Data & AI ecosystem.
• Create reusable platform foundations: auth, CI/CD, IaC, observability.
• Evolve integration layers across software, data, AI/ML, and scientific computing platforms.
• Own reliability, scalability, security, and operational health of services.
• Drive engineering excellence via architecture reviews, docs, and patterns.

Skills

Python

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

APIs

Observability

Data pipelines

AI/ML infra

Security / IAM

Communication

Tools

Databricks

SageMaker

Job description

Inari Agriculture, Inc. in Minnesota seeks a senior software/platform engineer to shape our Data & AI Platform. You will own core services, APIs, and integration across data, AI, and scientific computing.

This role emphasizes reliable, scalable infrastructure and strong developer experience. You’ll design reusable platform foundations, drive automation, and collaborate with scientists and engineers to advance our predictive design engine and product pipelines.