Lead Software Engineer - Data​/Agentic AI

Lead Product Developer – USA (B)

Location:

United States, California, Santa Clara. Travel: occasional business travel. Hybrid work enabled.

Benefits overview:
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We help our customers free up time and space to become an Autonomous Digital Enterprise that conquers the opportunities ahead – and are relentless in the pursuit of innovation! We are looking for a Lead Product Developer to help build our next‑generation Agentic‑AI data management platform from 0–1. This is a hands‑on, delivery‑focused role for a senior engineer who thrives in early‑stage environments, wears multiple hats, and takes pride in shipping real products used by external enterprise customers.

• Product Engineering (Primary Focus) – Design, build, and iterate on core components of a data automation and data management platform, taking features from concept through production in a 0–1 product environment.
• Hands‑on Development – Spend most of your time writing high‑quality Python code, reviewing pull requests, and improving existing systems, with a strong bias toward simplicity, maintainability, and delivery.
• Technical & Architecture Collaboration – Work alongside the product architect to contribute to system design discussions, evaluate trade‑offs, and evolve the technical direction as the product matures and real customer constraints emerge.
• Data Platform Capabilities – Implement capabilities around data orchestration, data lineage, observability, governance, and resilience, with a practical understanding of how enterprise customers operate data platforms at scale.
• Integration & Cloud Enablement – Build integrations with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and enterprise systems to support automation and deployment in real‑world customer environments.
• Engineering Practices – Contribute to pragmatic engineering standards, including CI/CD, automated testing, and Dev Ops practices, appropriate for a fast‑moving, early‑stage product team.
• Product Collaboration – Partner closely with product management to translate product requirements into working software, provide implementation feedback, and support rapid learning from customer feedback.
• Ownership & Execution – Take ownership of features and subsystems end‑to‑end, proactively identifying gaps and moving work forward even when requirements are incomplete or evolving.

• 8+ years of professional software development experience, including time spent building and shipping B2B products for external customers.
• Strong proficiency in Python, with hands‑on experience delivering and maintaining production‑grade systems.
• Solid experience with data products, particularly in one or more of the following areas:
  • Data orchestration
  • Data management platforms
  • Data lineage, observability, or governance
• Good system design skills, with the ability to make sensible trade‑offs between short‑term delivery and longer‑term platform evolution.
• Comfort operating in ambiguous, startup‑style environments where priorities evolve and engineers are expected to lead through execution.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders.

• Experience building or extending workflow orchestration platforms (e.g., Airflow, Dagster, Prefect), including custom operators and production deployments.
• Experience contributing to or commercializing open‑source software.
• Familiarity with AI/ML concepts, including how emerging technologies (such as LLMs) could enhance automation or developer productivity in data platforms.

Salary range: $148,800 – $248,000.

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