About the Role
Join a fast-moving, NYC-based AI-native data infrastructure company building the next generation of agentic analytics. This is a greenfield opportunity to architect and build a scalable OLAP lakehouse platform that turns messy enterprise data into trustworthy, actionable answers at scale for data-intensive organizations. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Distributed Data Systems team, you'll own core platform components end-to-end, focusing on query performance and join optimization. The company is well-funded (Series A/B stage) and backed by notable strategic investors. Hiring decisions can be made within 72 hours of an onsite interview, and interview travel is covered. Visa sponsorship is available.
Responsibilities
- Work on a greenfield OLAP lakehouse project, building the data platform for the agentic era.
- Design and implement distributed data system components with a strong focus on join optimization and query performance.
- Collaborate across infrastructure, services, and frontend to deliver end-to-end data platform features.
- Ship reliable, scalable data infrastructure that powers enterprise-grade analytics at scale.
- Contribute from zero to one in an early-stage, high-ownership environment.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience as a data systems, backend, infrastructure, or platform engineer.
- Experience building products from zero to one; prior startup experience strongly preferred.
- Experience with distributed systems.
- Experience with big data systems (Apache Spark, Hadoop).
- Experience with databases (relational, columnar, or otherwise).
- Strong foundation in algorithms and data structures and their real-world applications.
- Experience with OLAP lakehouse / data lakehouse architecture and query optimization.
- Comfortable diving into any layer of the stack — infrastructure, services, or frontend.
- Passion for building robust, scalable, and easy-to-use systems.
- Background at companies working on data platforms, query engines, or AI/ML infrastructure.
Skills
- Haskell
- TypeScript
- Data quality
- Data correctness
- Data performance
- Query optimization
Location
- New York, NY
Work Type
- On-site
- Not a remote role
Experience Level
- Senior
Salary/Compensations
- $200,000 – $350,000 USD annually
Benefits
- Equity participation in a well-funded, high-growth startup
- Interview travel covered for onsite candidates
- Visa sponsorship available
About the Company
- AI-native data infrastructure company.
- Well-funded (Series A/B stage) and backed by notable strategic investors.
- High-growth startup.
