SS Senior Data Engineer Stoke Space · Kent, Washington posted 9 months ago

Rustify; Kent, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Stoke Space in Kent, WA is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to help design and scale our backend data services and pipelines. You will work hybrid, collaborating with a mission-driven team to deliver high-quality data tooling for analytics and operations.

The role emphasizes systems programming (Python, Rust, Golang) and AWS-based infrastructure, with a focus on time-series data, Parquet formats, and scalable pipelines. Strong communication and on-call readiness are valued.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field / experience
• 3–5 years of experience in software development
• Professional experience with one or more systems programming languages (Python, Rust, Golang, etc)
• 2+ years of professional experience in Rust strongly desired
• Experience with core AWS services and infrastructure design (EC2, S3, Fargate, Lambdas, IAM)
• Experience with Parquet and relational databases in analytics workflows
• Experience with high volume data pipelines and time series data (InfluxDB, TimescaleDB)
• Experience with infrastructure as code tools (Pulumi or Terraform)

Responsibilities

• Implement and scale the infrastructure supporting Stoke’s Data APIs, Infrastructure and Pipelines
• Design and develop robust solutions for monitoring, observability, and deployment of data services
• Write maintainable code with unit, integration and end-to-end tests
• Collaborate with developers to ensure designs meet specifications
• Contribute to CI pipeline improvements and on-call support
• Learn and adopt new technologies and trends

Skills

Python

Rust

Golang

AWS

Testing

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field / experience

Tools

Pulumi

Terraform

EC2

S3

Fargate

Lambdas

IAM

Parquet

TimescaleDB

InfluxDB

Job description

# Senior Data EngineerStoke Space · Kent, Washington · Senior · HybridView & ApplyAt Stoke, we believe that a thriving space economy leads to a vibrant, sustainable, and equitable future here on Earth. That is why we are building our fully and rapidly reusable vehicle, Nova. It is designed to fly daily and solve the core challenges of space transportation – it reduces cost, increases availability, and enhances reliability. By radically lowering the cost and increasing the cadence of launch, we’re able to create a truly scalable space industry.Our team is mission-driven, collaborative, and empowered with ownership of their work. If you want to work with some of the most dedicated and talented people on Earth, come join us.DescriptionReusable launch systems are the key to seamlessly connecting Earth and space. An instrumental ingredient to enabling a rapid launch cadence is the ability to make informed and automated decisions quickly and backed with high quality data. That is our goal for the data team at Stoke, our software empowers our engineers and provides them the ability to automate and improve the efficiency of their day-to-day tasks. As a Backend Data Platform Software Engineer on the Data Team, you will be responsible for contributing to the design and implementation of Stoke’s backend service architecture for data. The ideal candidate will possess solid cloud and computer science fundamentals, experience in backend software development with an emphasis on delivering with quality. They also have the curiosity and desire to learn skills quickly and work collaboratively with a team.ResponsibilitiesImplement and scale the infrastructure supporting Stoke’s Data APIs, Infrastructure and PipelinesDesign and develop robust solutions for monitoring, observability, and deployment of key data servicesWrite maintainable code with unit, integration and end to end testsCollaborate with developers to ensure designs are implemented accurately and meet design specificationsContribute to excellence in operations including maintaining and improving our CI pipeline and independently supporting an on-call shiftLearning and growing with new technologies and emerging trendsQualificationsBachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field / experience3 - 5 years of experience in software developmentProfessional experience with one or more systems programming languages (Python, Rust, Golang, etc)2+ years of professional experience in Rust strongly desiredExperience with core AWS services and infrastructure design including tools like EC2, S3, Fargate, Lambdas, and IAMExperience with Parquet and relational databases in analytics workflowsExperience with high volume data pipelines and processing, specifically time series data and supporting technologies ( InfluxDB, TimescaleDB, etc )Experience with infrastructure as Code tools, such as Pulumi or TerraformBenefits