Senior Software Engineer, Distributed Data Systems
Clera
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About the Role
Join a startup building an agentic data lakehouse platform. As a Senior Software Engineer, Distributed Data Systems, you'll work on a greenfield project to build scalable data infrastructure that transforms enterprise data into actionable insights at scale.
What You'll DoWork on a greenfield OLAP lakehouse project to build the data platform for the agentic era
Design and implement distributed data system components, with a focus on join optimization and query performance
Collaborate across infrastructure, services, and frontend teams to deliver data platform features
Ship reliable, scalable data infrastructure that supports enterprise analytics
4+ years of experience as a data systems, backend, infrastructure, or platform engineer
Experience with big data systems (Apache Spark, Hadoop)
Strong background in distributed systems
Comfort diving into any part of the system—infrastructure, services, or frontend
Proficiency in Haskell and/or TypeScript
Track record of shipping products from zero to one
Experience with databases and database optimization
Strong data focus and understanding of data-driven systems
Experience with OLAP lakehouse/data lakehouse architecture and query optimization
Strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, and their real-world applications
New York, NY, United States
Vacancy posted 2 days ago
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