Senior Software Engineer, Distributed Data Systems
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Senior Software Engineer, Distributed Data Systems at clera: San Francisco, United States; On-site; Senior; IT; Data Engineer. This listing is part of JobGrid's Software engineer jobs from public company career pages. JobGrid adds normalized role facts, source context, and a path to the employer application page so candidates can compare the listing before applying.
- Location and workplace: San Francisco, United States, On-site
- Role classification: IT, Data Engineer, Senior
- Source freshness: checked by JobGrid on 2026-06-09.
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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 Do
Work 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
What We're Looking For
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
Location
New York, NY, United States