Hybrid Staff Software Engineer, AI Data Platform

Posted 2 weeks ago

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About the role

  • Architect and lead the evolution of Granica’s distributed data systems—catalogs, metadata stores, ACID layers, schema evolution frameworks.
  • Advance data and storage efficiency. Design adaptive compaction, caching, and indexing strategies that minimize I/O and latency.
  • Drive platform reliability & observability. Define SLOs, chaos drills, and metrics frameworks across Spark/Kafka/Flink fleets.
  • Mentor and scale teams. Conduct design reviews, set technical standards, and guide high-impact engineers.
  • Collaborate with AI infra & research. Align platform evolution with model training and inference data needs.
  • Publish and represent Granica externally. Contribute to research or OSS; help shape the future of AI-scale data systems.

Requirements

  • 7+ years in distributed systems, storage, or large-scale data infrastructure.
  • Deep expertise in system design, scalability, and performance optimization.
  • Strong coding skills in Java, Scala, Go, or C++, with disciplined testing and observability.
  • Proven leadership across cross-functional or multi-team projects.
  • Demonstrated success driving cost/performance improvements or platform reliability gains.
  • Experience with table formats (Iceberg, Delta, Hudi), query engines (Trino, Druid, Presto), or metadata/catalog systems.
  • Contributions to open-source or published technical work in data infrastructure.
  • Operating cloud-scale Spark/streaming fleets with strong observability.
  • Prior experience mentoring and scaling technical teams.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and meaningful equity
  • Unlimited PTO + quarterly recharge days
  • Premium health, vision, and dental
  • Team offsites, deep tech talks, and learning stipends
  • Help build the foundational infrastructure for the AI era

Job title

Staff Software Engineer, AI Data Platform

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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