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Staff Engineer – Foundational Data Plane

EngineerEngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 51-200Since 1972H1B No SponsorCompany Site LinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

35 days ago

Salary

Not specified

8 yrs expEnglishAWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesMicroservices

Job Description

• Design and build platform services—APIs, infrastructure components, runtime systems, and ingestion frameworks—at enterprise scale • Architect the context store that transforms lakehouse infrastructure into AI-ready systems with multimodal capabilities (structured, unstructured, vector, graph) • Solve complex multi-tenant isolation and scaling problems for enterprise SaaS • Design data contracts governing ingestion, validation, processing, routing, storage, and serving across heterogeneous systems • Own critical shared infrastructure including lakehouse (Iceberg/Polaris), vector stores, graph databases, and OLTP systems • Drive technical standards through RFCs, architecture reviews, and documentation • Mentor senior engineers and influence architecture decisions across teams • Write production code using AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code, Cursor) • Debug distributed systems issues across Kubernetes, workflow orchestration, and microservices

Job Requirements

8+ years in platform engineering, infrastructure, or backend systems at a SaaS company
Experience building enterprise-scale distributed systems at scale
Deep expertise in multi-tenant architectures and tenant isolation strategies
Strong Kubernetes, containerization, and cloud infrastructure skills (AWS/GCP/Azure)
Hands-on experience with distributed systems patterns—service mesh, event-driven architecture, orchestration
Track record of driving multi-quarter technical initiatives from concept through production at scale
Deep Expertise in One or More of the following: Lakehouse architectures, Vector stores, Graph databases, Streaming systems
Nice to Have: Experience designing contract-driven or schema-first data platforms, Familiarity with Temporal or similar workflow orchestration systems, Data quality frameworks, observability systems, and cost attribution at scale, Experience supporting enterprise workloads with strict compliance requirements, CI/CD pipeline design and GitOps practices.

Benefits

Ownership from Day One: Whether you're an intern or a full-time teammate, you’ll own impactful projects, chart your growth, and collaborate with some of the best minds in the industry.
Limitless Opportunities: At Atlan, your growth has no boundaries. If you’re ready to take initiative, the sky’s the limit.
A Global Data Community: We’re deeply embedded in the modern data stack, contributing to open-source projects, sponsoring meet-ups, and empowering team members to grow through conferences and learning opportunities.