Senior Software Engineer

About the role

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be contributing to complex and innovative features in the Datafold application as well as help build the foundation of the Datafold platform. 

Datafold empowers its users – data engineers and analysts –  by abstracting them from the complexity of their data and automating the most tedious tasks. That requires us to solve various challenging problems under the hood.

Projects you will work on could include:

• Developing API endpoints to implementing sophisticated features that may involve:

  • Static code analysis for data lineage

  • Graph-powered search for data catalog

• Evolving our cloud infrastructure in conjunction with the backend to make sure our product is maintainable, scalable, performant and reliable.

• Logging into Linux systems to resolve problems, analyze performance issues.

You will partner closely with the CTO, Head of Engineering and product team to scope projects, and collaborate with other members of the engineering team to get projects shipped and solve our customers’ problems. Datafold’s frontend is written in React/TypeScript, our backend in Python, and we use PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, and Redis as datastores. Our product is hosted on AWS and Google Cloud.

About you

We are looking for engineers who have:

• 5+ years of experience building web application backends and the infrastructure on which they run

• Working knowledge of Python.

• Working knowledge of either AWS or GCP.

• Understanding of basic Devops & Linux skills

• Worked with and knowledge of deployment frameworks like Terraform.

• Working knowledge on Linux and Docker

• Willingness and ability to learn the other technologies we are using.

• Track record of taking ownership and delivering challenging projects

• Ability to make technical and architectural decisions collaboratively

• Affinity to high quality standards in code, architecture, and processes

• Strategic approach to decision making with an ability to consider business context and needs of the users when making decisions to balance velocity, quality and impact.

• Interest in the data domain and building tools that empower people.

Datafold is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, military status, or any other protected characteristic. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse work environment where all employees are valued and unique perspectives are respected and celebrated.