Software Engineer - Data Infrastructure

fable social; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary + equity

Health, dental, vision coverage

Flexible PTO

Job summary

fable social, located in San Francisco, is seeking a Data Infrastructure Engineer to design and build the architecture of our data platform. You will develop systems that power internal analytics and machine learning workflows and collaborate across teams to enhance our data foundation.

The ideal candidate has 3-7+ years of experience in data infrastructure and cloud platforms. We offer a competitive salary, equity, and comprehensive health benefits, fostering an environment of high ownership.

Qualifications

• 3–7+ years of experience in data infrastructure, infrastructure, or platform engineering.
• Strong understanding of real-time and batch data processing systems.
• Experience designing for scalability, reliability, and observability.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and infrastructure.
• Develop batch and streaming systems for ingesting and processing large-scale data.
• Ensure data quality, observability, and reliability across pipelines.

Skills

data infrastructure

real-time processing

batch data processing

cloud platforms

data modeling

Tools

Spark

Kafka

dbt

Airflow

Job description

About Fable Security

AI-driven threats and human error are today’s biggest enterprise security risks. Cybercriminals don’t hack systems—they exploit people. Human errors drive 70% of security breaches, making human behavior the primary and growing attack surface. At Fable, we believe that the right tools can convert people from targets to another layer of defense.

Fable is the human risk platform that directly shapes employee behavior. Designed for simplicity and enterprise scale, our agentic platform synthesizes complex employee data, pinpoints risky behaviors, and deploys highly relevant interventions to people automatically, in real time, right where they work.

Backed by Redpoint Ventures and Greylock Partners and founded by early Abnormal Security team members, Fable is solving cybersecurity’s biggest challenge in a multi-billion-dollar market. Our team includes alumni from Meta, Twitter, Flexport, and top-tier universities like Waterloo, Columbia, Berkeley, Purdue, CMU, Stanford, UCLA, and USC. We are experiencing explosive growth, making this a career-defining opportunity to join and shape the future of security.

Why Join Us

• Build and scale the foundational data infrastructure powering a category-defining product

• Work closely with engineering, data science, and product teams to operationalize data at scale

• Join a small, high-caliber team where you’ll have outsized ownership and impact

At an early-stage company, every engineer directly shapes how the product works and evolves. You’ll help define not just the system—but the way the company thinks about data.

Your Role

As a Data Infrastructure Engineer, you will own the architecture, scalability, and reliability of our data platform.

You’ll design and build the systems that power everything from real-time product features to internal analytics and machine learning workflows—from raw ingestion to production-ready datasets. You’ll develop the architecture and establish best practices on which our data-driven products are built.

This is a highly cross-functional role where you’ll partner closely with engineering, data, and product teams to ensure our data foundation scales with the company.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and infrastructure

• Develop batch and streaming systems for ingesting and processing large-scale data

• Own core components of the data platform (warehouse, lake, orchestration, tooling)

• Implement data modeling, transformation, and versioning frameworks

• Ensure data quality, observability, and reliability across pipelines

• Optimize systems for performance, cost, and scalability

• Build tooling to support reproducible datasets and experimentation

• Partner with data scientists and engineers to productionize ML and analytics workflows

• Contribute to secure and compliant data infrastructure in cloud environments

Your Skillset: Must-Have

• 3–7+ years of experience in data infrastructure, infrastructure, or platform engineering

• Strong understanding of real-time and batch data processing systems, including stream processing, messaging architectures, and large-scale data workflows (Spark, Kafka, etc.)

• Experience with modern data tooling (dbt, Airflow, etc.)

• Strong understanding of data modeling, ETL/ELT, reverse ETL, and orchestration

• Experience designing for scalability, reliability, and observability

• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP) and storage systems

• Ability to operate in a fast-moving startup environment with high ownership

Nice-to-Have

• Familiarity with ML infrastructure or feature stores

• Experience with data versioning, lineage, or reproducibility systems

• Background in security, compliance, or high-sensitivity data domains

• Previous experience at an early-stage startup

How We Work

• We value impact over process—you’ll ship quickly and iterate

• Engineers have high ownership and autonomy

• We operate with tight feedback loops across product and engineering

• We prioritize technical rigor, simplicity, and long-term scalability

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive salary + equity

• Health, dental, vision coverage

• Flexible PTO

• Opportunity to join at an early stage and shape the company’s foundation

Why This Role Matters

Data is core to the product. You’ll be responsible for building the systems that enable:

• Real-time decision-making

• Scalable analytics and experimentation

• Reliable, production-grade data for customers and internal teams

Your work will directly impact how the company builds, ships, and scales.

The estimated salary range for this position is estimated to be $160K - $225K / year. Total compensation for this position may also include Restricted Stock units, sign-on bonus and other potential future incentives. Further note that total compensation for this position will be determined by each individual’s relevant qualifications, work experience, skills, and other factors.

Fable Security is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.