Staff Data Platform Architect, Real-Time Analytics (Remote)

Ladders; United States; Remote; USD 198,000 - 297,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with matching

Paid time off

Wellness programs

Employee discounts

Job summary

Ladders is seeking a Staff Software Engineer - Data to shape the architecture and operation of a real-time analytics platform powering high-volume, low-latency data services. You will partner with Data Engineering to connect batch and streaming workloads while setting technical direction for scalable distributed systems.

This remote US-based role offers the opportunity to influence platform standards, improve production reliability, and help drive AI/ML-enabled workflow automation within the

Qualifications

• Experience designing large-scale distributed systems.
• Strong Python proficiency; Scala is a plus.
• Experience with real-time analytics platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate real-time analytics data systems.
• Lead architecture of the analytics platform.
• Own platform capabilities from architecture to production.
• Collaborate with Data Engineering on batch and streaming workloads.
• Establish standards for distributed systems.
• Mentor engineers across teams.

Skills

Python

Distributed systems

Low-latency

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Apache Flink

Spark Structured Streaming

ClickHouse

Apache Kafka

AWS MSK

Job description

Ladders is seeking a Staff Software Engineer - Data to shape the architecture and operation of a real-time analytics platform powering high-volume, low-latency data services. You will partner with Data Engineering to connect batch and streaming workloads while setting technical direction for scalable distributed systems.

This remote US-based role offers the opportunity to influence platform standards, improve production reliability, and help drive AI/ML-enabled workflow automation within the