[Remote] Senior Data Platform Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Phaidra is a company focused on building the future of industrial automation through AI-powered control systems. They are seeking a Senior Data Platform Engineer to lead the technical direction of their Data Platform team, responsible for building scalable data ingestion and processing systems, and ensuring high availability and performance of their services.ResponsibilitiesYou'll own the systems every other team at Phaidra depends on for ingestion, storage, serving, and orchestration. As our customer base grows rapidly, this role is about scaling those systems and the processes around them to meet that growth, with multi-tenancy and self-serve tooling as core priorities. Concretely, that means you'll:Design and build scalable components for the data platform that enable high-throughput data ingestion and processingDesign and develop systems to store and serve batch data for analyticsContribute to the design and implementation of API services and scalable event-driven applications that power the product backendDesign clear, extensible software interfaces for internal consumers and maintain a high release-quality barDesign and optimize data storage and retrieval mechanisms for high throughput, security, and ease of accessOwn and operate your services in production, including releases, deployments, and on-call rotations, meeting Phaidra's high bar for operational excellenceLead cross-functional initiatives collaborating with engineers, product managers, and TPMs across teamsMentor your peers and be a technical role model on the teamSkills7+ years of software engineering experience, with significant time spent on distributed or data-intensive systemsStrong experience designing and implementing distributed systems for data ingestion, storage, and processingProven expertise building, operating, and monitoring large-scale multi-tenant systems while accounting for high availability, fault tolerance, and performanceAbility to take ownership of realtime production systems - aligning technical with business requirements, raising the bar for operational excellence and on-call incident handlingAbility to collaborate and communicate effectively in an all-remote settingApproach your work with curiosity, ownership, transparency, directness, outcome orientation, and customer empathyExperience with latest batch & realtime data processing, storage & service technologies such as Apache FlinkHands-on experience designing environment-agnostic abstractions that let applications run across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem deployments, with working knowledge of containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and KubernetesExperience with self-service data platforms, data lakes, or lakehouses at scaleBenefitsIn addition to base salary, this position is eligible for equity.Fast-paced, team-oriented environment where your work directly shapes the company’s direction.We are a 100% remote company.Competitive compensation & meaningful equity.Outsized responsibilities & professional development.Training is foundational; functional, customer immersion, and development training.Medical, dental, and vision insurance (exact benefits vary by region).Unlimited paid time off, with a required minimum of 20 days per year.Paid parental leave (exact benefits vary by region).Flexible stipends to support your workspace, well-being, and continued professional development.Company MacBook.Company OverviewAI Agents for AI Factories It was founded in 2019, and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://www.phaidra.ai/.