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      <Title>Staff Software Engineer, Data Platform</Title>
      <Description><![CDATA[<p>We&#39;re looking for a Staff Software Engineer to lead the design and development of core data storage, streaming, caching, and indexing platforms and underlying systems. As a key member of the Platform Engineering team, you&#39;ll drive the architecture, design, implementation, and reliability of our foundational data platforms and systems, working closely with stakeholders and internal customers to understand and refine requirements.</p>
<p>In this role, you&#39;ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and deliver new features, proactively identify opportunities for, and driving improvements to, current programming practices, including process enhancements and tool upgrades. You&#39;ll present technical information to teams and stakeholders, providing guidance and insight on development processes and technologies.</p>
<p>Ideally, you&#39;d have 8+ years of full-time engineering experience, post-graduation, with specialties in back-end systems, specifically related to building large-scale data storage, streaming, and warehousing systems. You&#39;ll need extensive experience in various database technologies, streaming/processing solutions, indexing/caching, and various data query engines.</p>
<p>As a Staff Software Engineer, you&#39;ll provide technical leadership, including upholding and upleveling engineering standards across the organization, mentoring junior engineers. You&#39;ll possess excellent communication and collaboration skills, and the ability to translate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.</p>
<p>Experience working fluently with standard containerization &amp; deployment technologies like Kubernetes and various public cloud offerings is essential. You&#39;ll also need extensive experience in software development and a deep understanding of distributed systems, cloud platforms, and data systems.</p>
<p>You&#39;ll drive cross-functional collaboration and communication at an organizational or broader level, and be excited to work with AI technologies.</p>
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      <Jobtype>full-time</Jobtype>
      <Experiencelevel>staff</Experiencelevel>
      <Workarrangement>onsite</Workarrangement>
      <Salaryrange>$252,000-$315,000 USD</Salaryrange>
      <Skills>database technologies, streaming/processing solutions, indexing/caching, data query engines, containerization &amp; deployment technologies, public cloud offerings, software development, distributed systems, cloud platforms, data systems, performance tuning, cost optimizations, data lifecycle strategy, data privacy, hyper-growth startups, AI technologies</Skills>
      <Category>Engineering</Category>
      <Industry>Technology</Industry>
      <Employername>Scale</Employername>
      <Employerlogo>https://logos.yubhub.co/scale.com.png</Employerlogo>
      <Employerdescription>Scale develops reliable AI systems for the world&apos;s most important decisions, providing high-quality data and full-stack technologies to power leading models.</Employerdescription>
      <Employerwebsite>https://scale.com</Employerwebsite>
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      <Applyto>https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/scaleai/jobs/4649903005</Applyto>
      <Location>San Francisco, CA; New York, NY</Location>
      <Country></Country>
      <Postedate>2026-04-18</Postedate>
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