Senior Software Engineer, Distributed Data Systems

Clera

$130K — $180K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of experience in data systems or backend engineering
  • Familiarity with big data technologies like Apache Spark and Hadoop
  • Strong knowledge of distributed systems
  • Comfortable engaging with infrastructure, services, and frontend components
  • Proficient in Haskell and/or TypeScript
  • Proven experience in product development from inception to launch
  • Expertise in database optimization and OLAP architectures.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement components for a greenfield OLAP lakehouse
  • Optimize joins and improve query performance of data systems
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver features
  • Develop reliable and scalable data infrastructure for analytics

Benefits

  • Work in an innovative startup environment
  • Opportunity to engage in a greenfield project
  • Collaborative culture with cross-functional teams
  • Potential to influence the direction of the platform
Full Job Description
About the Role

Join a startup building an agentic data lakehouse platform. As a Senior Software Engineer, Distributed Data Systems, you'll work on a greenfield project to build scalable data infrastructure that transforms enterprise data into actionable insights at scale.
What You'll Do
  • Work on a greenfield OLAP lakehouse project to build the data platform for the agentic era
  • Design and implement distributed data system components, with a focus on join optimization and query performance
  • Collaborate across infrastructure, services, and frontend teams to deliver data platform features
  • Ship reliable, scalable data infrastructure that supports enterprise analytics
What We're Looking For
  • 4+ years of experience as a data systems, backend, infrastructure, or platform engineer
  • Experience with big data systems (Apache Spark, Hadoop)
  • Strong background in distributed systems
  • Comfort diving into any part of the system-infrastructure, services, or frontend
  • Proficiency in Haskell and/or TypeScript
  • Track record of shipping products from zero to one
  • Experience with databases and database optimization
  • Strong data focus and understanding of data-driven systems
  • Experience with OLAP lakehouse/data lakehouse architecture and query optimization
  • Strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, and their real-world applications
Location

New York, NY, United States

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