Sr. Software Engineer - Big Data, Data Lake

Foureyes

$120K — $150K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7-10 years of experience in software development, ideally big data
  • 5+ years in an AWS cloud-native environment
  • Hands-on experience with AWS data services: S3, Glue, Athena, etc.
  • Strong communication and leadership skills
  • Expertise in Python, SQL, TypeScript, and Node.js for backend development

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement core data platform architecture
  • Build scalable data ingestion and transformation processes
  • Establish a robust data lake supporting APIs and microservices
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure data reliability
  • Address complex problems in real-time as part of on-call rotation

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and health benefits for full-time employees
  • 401k matching and internet/cell phone subsidy
  • Generous PTO including heritage holidays
  • Half Day Summer Fridays
  • Focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion within company culture
  • Fast-paced environment with opportunities for professional growth
Full Job Description
The Position

We are seeking a senior engineer to help design and implement the core data platform powering our next-generation product architecture. This role will focus on building scalable data ingestion, transformation, and integration across multiple internal and external data sources, using AWS-native services. You will work closely with engineering leadership to establish a robust data lake and transformation layer that supports our APIs, microservices, and downstream analytics. The ideal candidate is comfortable working at the intersection of data engineering and application integration.

Qualifications

Key Professional Experience
  • Strong leadership skills - you are comfortable both leading software engineers and rolling up your sleeves to implement and deploy the best solution.
  • Strong cross-functional collaboration with product, engineering, and analytics teams to ensure data availability, reliability, and performance.
  • Strong communication skills and experience translating business requirements into system design, architecture diagrams, and technical documentation.
  • Strong communication presenting complex concepts or solutions to diverse audiences through clear and concise written communication (e.g., report writing, email crafting) and effective verbal communication (e.g., presentations, stakeholder updates).
  • Strong problem solving skills and knowledge of applied algorithms to solve real world problems efficiently.
  • You have operated in a team's on-call rotation to address complex problems in real-time and keep services operational and highly available.


Core technical skills required
  • Strong hands-on experience implementing and using AWS data services: S3, Glue (ETL/Jobs, Data Catalog, DataBrew), Athena, Lake Formation, Step Functions, Lambda, Kinesis Data Stream and API Gateway.
  • Expertise in designing and optimizing data pipelines for high-volume, multi-source ingestion of structured and semi-structured data in a multi-tenant data architecture.
  • Experience with entity resolution, data cleansing, data quality, and anomaly detection.
  • Expert level skills developing back-end distributed systems and data pipelines using Python, SQL, Step Functions, Lambdas
  • Strong proficiency with TypeScript and Node.js for building backend services (REST/JSON APIs, async workflows, integration with AWS services)
  • Comfort working with cloud data warehouses (Athena, Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery, or similar).
  • Experience building event-driven and notification systems (SNS/SQS, EventBridge, Pub/Sub, webhooks) and orchestration frameworks (StepFunctions or equivalent).
  • Experience integrating AWS data pipelines with external platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Metabase, reporting tools, etc.).
  • Hands on experience applying security best practices for data storage, transfer, and API access.


Professional experience:
  • 7-10 years of professional experience working in a software development environment, ideally with exposure to big data and data-rich applications.
  • Experience working across disciplines, partnering with BI, ML, and product teams to translate ideas into customer-facing features.
  • 5+ years working in an AWS cloud-native environment.


Bonus points for:
  • Prior experience in data-rich SaaS products.
  • Experience with auth & access control for data-driven applications in a multitenant environment.
  • Familiarity with data governance concepts (lineage, permissions, quality checks).
  • Deployment experience (AWS CDK, CI/CD, containerized services, serverless functions).
  • Exposure to generative AI or LLM-based data exploration tools.
  • Comfortable operating in an AI-first engineering organization where planning, design, implementation, testing, and documentation are frequently augmented by agentic engineering tools such as Spec Kit, Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and similar platforms.


Location: This position is remote. We are hiring in the following states. OR, WA, CA, FL, ID, IA, KY, MD, MA, MI, MN, NV, NJ, OH, PA, TN, TX, AZ, IL, CO, and NH.

Salary Range: $120,000 - $150,000

Why Foureyes?
  • Competitive salary and health benefits for eligible full time employees.
  • 401k matching, and a subsidy for internet or cell phone.
  • Generous PTO days, in addition to paid holidays that incorporate two days to honor and celebrate your heritage, culture, or traditions that matter most -- just tell us when!
  • Half Day Summer Fridays!
  • A company actively working to dismantle bias in our hiring practices, foster cultural inclusivity, and continuously examine policies and practices to ensure equity. We recognize and believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion constantly make us better.
  • A fast-paced, team-driven culture that helps you grow your career with learning opportunities, autonomy and ownership, and chances to succeed (or fail-- hey, we've all learned through failure).


Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Foureyes, we believe your ability to build, think creatively, and solve problems is best accessed when you have the freedom to be yourself. Inclusion is not a nice-to-have; it is a must-have. The bedrock of an inclusive culture is our ability to celebrate and harness the unique perspectives our diversity provides in the building process. While an org structure exists to provide clarity around how ideas get communicated, we are all equal as coworkers, and we are committed to careful and continued introspection around how to best be an equitable, fair, and inclusive workplace that celebrates you for being you.

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