Job Summary

We are looking for aLead Software Engineerto lead a high-performing engineering team building scalable APIs and data platforms. You will own delivery and technical direction while drivingAI-first engineering practices using automation and intelligent tooling to improve how we design, build, ship, and operate software. You will balance hands-on technical leadership with operational excellence, and a solid focus on quality and reliability.

Job Requirements

Must Have

- 8+ yearsof software engineering experience
- Strong hands-on background withGoandPythonin production systems
- Experience building and operatingAPIs(REST and/orGraphQL) at scale
- Deep familiarity withPostgreSQL,Redis, andClickHouse(or comparable OLTP + cache + OLAP stack)
- Proven experience with observability and monitoring usingELKandGrafana
- Practical understanding ofData Lakehouseconcepts: data ingestion, warehousing/lake patterns, and analytics pipelines
- Track record ofengineering excellence: code review culture, CI/CD, testing strategy, and technical debt management
- Demonstratedoperational excellence: incident management, SLOs, production support,



and reliability improvements
- Strongtalent managementskills: hiring, coaching, performance management, and team building
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management across technical and non-technical audiences
- Commitment toAI-first engineering: actively using AI tools to improve team productivity, quality, and decision-making

Nice to Have

- Experience withAgentic AIsystems: autonomous agents, tool-use workflows, RAG pipelines, or AI orchestration in production
- Background in data engineering, streaming, or large-scale analytics platforms
- Experience with cloud-native infrastructure, containers, and infrastructure-as-code
- Familiarity with security, compliance, and data governance in regulated environments
- Prior experience scaling teams through hypergrowth or platform modernization initiatives

Education

IC - Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience.Mgr & Exec - Typically requires a minimum of 6 years of related experience.

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