Senior Software Engineer, Data Platforms

Jobtailor; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; 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

Mudflap serves the $800B trucking industry, the backbone of the U.S. economy. Our market-leading payment products help truckers save thousands of dollars on fuel (their #1 business expense), while providing our fuel stop partners with access to new, hard-to-reach customers. We’re a fast-growing marketplace business looking for a new customer-obsessed teammate to join us on this exciting journey.

We are building the foundational data platform that powers reliable, scalable data across Mudflap’s systems. As a Senior Software Engineer, Data Platforms, you’ll play a critical role in designing and operating the infrastructure, frameworks, and services that enable teams to ingest, process, and access data at scale.

In this role, you will architect and build production-grade platform systems that power data ingestion, pipeline orchestration, and large-scale processing. Your work will help establish the engineering foundations that allow Mudflap to move faster with trustworthy, highly available data systems used across the company.

This role is based in the Bay Area and involves a hybrid work approach, balancing in-office collaboration with the ability to work remotely.

Expectations (In this role, you will):

• Design, build, and scale the core data platform infrastructure that powers ingestion, processing, and data availability across Mudflap systems.

• Develop production-grade Python services, libraries, and frameworks used by engineers and data teams to reliably build and operate data pipelines.

• Architect scalable systems for high-throughput data ingestion, processing, and storage across batch and streaming workloads.

• Own the reliability, scalability, and performance of the data platform, ensuring systems meet production-grade standards for observability, fault tolerance, and operational excellence.

• Build and maintain platform abstractions, tooling, and infrastructure that simplify how engineering teams produce, transform, and consume data.

• Design platform-level capabilities for orchestration, pipeline execution, schema management, and data processing frameworks.

• Collaborate closely with backend, product, and analytics engineers to ensure the platform supports both operational and analytical workloads.

• Lead system design efforts for large-scale data infrastructure, making architectural decisions that support long-term platform scalability.

• Establish engineering best practices around Python development, system reliability, infrastructure ownership, and platform maintainability.

• Mentor engineers through design reviews, technical guidance, and best practices for building robust platform systems.

Experience (What we look for):

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science (or related technical field)

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with significant experience building infrastructure or platform systems.

• Expert-level proficiency in Python, with a track record of developing production-grade systems and frameworks.

• Strong experience building distributed systems and large-scale data processing infrastructure.

• Deep understanding of system design, scalability, and performance optimization for data-intensive platforms.

• Experience building or operating data platforms, pipeline frameworks, or internal developer infrastructure.

• Strong experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or similar) and modern infrastructure tooling.

• Familiarity with data processing technologies and storage systems (e.g., Spark, Kafka, Snowflake, BigQuery, or similar).

• Experience designing reliable pipeline infrastructure and building systems that support high-throughput data ingestion and processing.

• Strong engineering ownership mindset with experience building, operating, and maintaining production infrastructure.

• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate with engineering teams to design scalable platform solutions.

Perks and Benefits (What we offer):

• Competitive salary and equity in a high-growth startup

• Multiple health benefit options

• Responsible Time Off

• 401(k) matching

• Opportunities and support for major career growth

• Annual Company offsite event (Mudfest!)

The base salary range for this role is $185,000 - $250,000. This information reflects a base salary range for this position based on current market data, which may be subject to change as new market data becomes available. The candidate's skills, experience, and other relevant factors will determine the exact compensation.

Company Overview (Who we are):

Mudflap is on a mission to transform the trucking and logistics industry by leveling the playing field for owner operators and small fleets. Backed by top-tier venture investors, including QED, Matrix Partners, Commerce Ventures, NFX, and 500 Startups and included in the Forbes Fintech 50 list, Mudflap offers fleet fuel management solutions. Our core team hails from Disney, Uber, Procore, DoorDash, Google, Meta, Capital One, affirm and Brex.

Here are the core values that we believe in and look for in new teammates:

• Be Customer Obsessed: We deeply understand customer needs and put our customers at the center of everything we do

• Make it Count: Act like an owner by focusing the impact of your work

• Find a Way: Be a creative problem solver who pushes past roadblocks to win for our customers and our teammates

• Sweat the Details: We keep our standards high and achieve them by paying attention to every detail

• Be Curious: Use a growth mindset to question assumptions, take calculated risks and stretch the boundaries of what’s possible