About the RoleAs a
Senior Software Engineer, Platform, you'll join the platform team shaping the data foundation that powers AI-driven analytics at scale. This is a zero-to-one, high-ownership role at a ~40-person company with strong investor backing and notable enterprise customers.
What You'll Do- Agentic Semantic Layer: Build the system that gives AI agents the context to query enterprise data correctly and the guardrails to prove their results - making AI-generated analytics something teams can actually stake decisions on.
- Distributed Agent Orchestration: Design and implement orchestration systems for agents that interact with the real world - including API integrations, rate limiting, OAuth passthrough, model routing, scheduling, and token optimization.
- Agentic Data Engineering: Architect AI-centric ETL pipelines for data lakehouses that make large-scale analytics possible for organizations with little to no dedicated data engineering resources.
What We're Looking ForRequired:- 4+ years of practical experience as a backend or platform engineer building scalable distributed systems
- Strong proficiency in Golang, with the ability to contribute across infrastructure, services, or frontend as needed
- Hands-on experience with gRPC/ConnectRPC, Trino, Kubernetes, DuckDB, and PostgreSQL in a distributed data platform environment
- Experience designing or implementing ETL pipelines, data modeling, or schema design for data platforms
- Experience building orchestration systems for distributed agents (API integrations, rate limiting, OAuth, model routing, scheduling, or token optimization)
- Prior experience at an early-stage startup, ideally building products from zero to one
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or comparable professional experience
- Strong CS fundamentals
Nice to Have:- Experience with data visualization tools or big data technologies (Spark, Hadoop, or similar)
- Background at a VC-backed startup
Compensation & Benefits- Salary: $200,000 - $350,000 USD annually (depending on experience)
- Equity participation
- Visa sponsorship is available
LocationThis role is
on-site in New York City, NY. Candidates must be willing and able to work in-office full-time. Fully remote arrangements are not available for this position.
