Senior Software Engineer, Distributed Data Systems

About the Role

This is a greenfield opportunity to architect and build the data platform for the agentic era — a scalable OLAP lakehouse that turns complex enterprise data into trustworthy, actionable answers. You'll join a small, high-output engineering team at an AI-native analytics company serving Fortune 100 enterprises in demanding industries like healthcare and financial services, where data quality and query performance directly drive business impact.

What You'll Do

• Design and build core components of a greenfield OLAP lakehouse data platform from the ground up.

• Implement distributed data system components with a focus on join optimization and query performance.

• Collaborate across infrastructure, backend services, and frontend to ship end-to-end data platform features.

• Deliver reliable, scalable data infrastructure that supports enterprise-grade analytics at scale.

What We're Looking For

• 4+ years of experience as a data systems, backend, infrastructure, or platform engineer building and delivering data infrastructure.

• Hands-on experience with OLAP lakehouse or data lakehouse architecture, including query optimization and join optimization.

• Proficiency in Haskell and/or TypeScript (the team's primary stack).

• Experience with big data systems such as Apache Spark or Hadoop.

• Demonstrated ability to design and implement distributed systems components.

• Solid experience with databases — schema design, indexing, and query execution.

• Strong foundation in algorithms and data structures with real-world application.

• Experience shipping products from zero to one in a startup or early-stage environment.

• Comfortable working across multiple system layers — infrastructure, services, and frontend.

• Prior experience at a VC-backed startup is a plus.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary range: $200,000 – $350,000 USD annually, plus equity. Visa sponsorship is available.

Location

On-site in New York, NY. This role requires in-person presence; candidates should be based in or willing to relocate to New York City.