Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure
The Voleon Group · Berkeley, CA · 2 days ago
HybridEngineering$235k–$300k/yrFull-time
Responsibilities
- Guide complex initiatives from initial requirements gathering and robust system design to deployment
- Evaluate dependent technologies and collaborate closely with stakeholders
- Build scalable data infrastructure and shape the developer experience
- Tackle projects such as owning data cataloging, versioning, and lineage
- Support seamless research and production workflows
- Provide technical guidance to both engineering and research staff
- Foster a supportive environment that accelerates the growth of your teammates
Requirements
- Computer Science / Engineering bachelor’s degree (or equivalent)
- 3+ years of relevant software engineering experience
- Proven track record of software design and implementation with focus on correctness, robustness, efficiency, and scale
- Expertise in a modern programming language, such as Python, Go, Java or C++
- Hands-on experience developing in a Linux/UNIX environment
- Design and implementation of scalable services and APIs, highly-available systems, and/or large-scale data infrastructure
- Strong communication skills and a knack for explaining complex ideas with clarity and simplicity
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with cluster management and containerization technologies (e.g. Kubernetes, Docker)
- Familiarity with cloud storage, querying, and processing technologies (e.g. Iceberg, BigQuery, Snowflake, DynamoDB, Trino/Athena)
- Familiarity with job scheduling and orchestration technologies (e.g. Airflow, Slurm)
- Experience building data platforms with a developer experience lens — designing APIs, access patterns, or tooling that abstracts infrastructure complexity from end users