Software Engineer - Platform (Experienced; Remote)
About The Position
Dagster is an orchestration platform for the development, production, and observation of data assets. Our goal is to make Dagster Cloud the de facto hosted solution for structuring these systems. As a member of the Platform Engineering Team, you will help advance the foundations of our Dagster+ product by evolving our Platform API and the systems that underpin it. The Platform Team tackles some of the most complex engineering challenges at the company, spanning a wide range of domains from CI/CD systems to database performance, deep Python internals, and infrastructure primitives. This is fundamentally a software engineering role: you will collaborate with other engineers to design and build scalable systems that power Dagster Cloud, with a strong emphasis on writing high-quality code. While operational excellence is critical to our work, we are looking for engineers who approach platform problems with a builder’s mindset, not a purely operational one. This is a full-time position offering competitive salary, equity, and benefits. We are a distributed team with offices in San Francisco, New York, and Minneapolis. We’re open to hiring fully remote candidates who are currently authorized to work within the United States. We offer flexible remote work options so you can choose the environment that makes you most productive—whether that’s your home or a coworking space. Dagster Labs fosters a collaborative, remote-first culture, ensuring you have all the tools and support needed to thrive, no matter where you are.
Requirements
- 5+ years of relevant software development experience
- Expertise in the full software development lifecycle, from scoping and planning to delivery and iteration
- Strong command of software system design, including scalability, third party integrations, and API design
- Fluent in Python
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Experience in a high-functioning engineering organization working on large-scale distributed systems or B2B SaaS applications
- Proven effectiveness at contributing to and executing as part of a team
Nice To Haves
- Experience with a wide range of modern infrastructure tools and technologies
- Experience with using or supporting tools in the Modern Data Stack
- Experience building and scaling services built on Amazon Web Services, Kubernetes, & Postgres
Responsibilities
- Develop and optimize core backend systems and infrastructure components.
- Enhance efficiency, scalability, and stability of critical system resources through analysis and refinement.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to align on product development needs and deliver impactful solutions.
- Review designs and code to maintain high standards of quality and performance across the team.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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