Staff Software Engineer

Ocient Inc. • Remote, USA

1d • $180,000 - $255,000 • Remote

About The Position

Ocient is looking for experienced Software Engineers to join the Loading Engineering team. Loading Engineering is a software development team focused on Ocient’s Loading and Transformation platforms. The team works closely with end customers and the rest of the Ocient engineering teams to deliver massive-scale data solutions. Ideal candidates are passionate about large-scale systems engineering, high-performance distributed systems, and ensuring customer success.

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant industry experience, with a proven track record of technical leadership across multiple teams or large, complex systems.
• Deep, expert-level computer science fundamentals and systems design skills.
• Extensive experience architecting and delivering high-performance, high-availability distributed systems in modern C++ and/or Java, in production at scale.
• Demonstrated ability to independently own, communicate, and de-risk ambiguous, large-scale technical problems with organization-wide impact.
• Deep working knowledge of Linux, networking, and databases, including performance and reliability tradeoffs at scale.

Nice To Haves

• 8+ years of relevant industry experience, with a track record of setting technical direction across an engineering organization.
• Expert-level coding capabilities in both C++ and Java.
• A demonstrated "polyglot" skill set, with a track record of moving fluidly across domains and problem spaces to unblock teams.
• Proven experience architecting, building, and evolving end-to-end customer-facing systems at massive scale, with lasting influence on engineering standards and practices.
• Experience mentoring and growing senior engineers into technical leaders.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and technical direction for Ocient's Loading and Transformation platforms, partnering with architects across the engineering org to ensure systems scale reliably to petabytes and beyond.
• Set technical standards and design patterns for batch and stream ingestion, making tradeoffs that affect multiple teams and the broader platform.
• Lead ambiguous, cross-team technical initiatives end-to-end, from design through production, escalating only the highest-risk decisions.
• Mentor senior and mid-level engineers; raise the technical bar through design and code review.
• Program in modern C++ and/or Java to build and monitor distributed software systems.
• Partner with Sales, Product, and End Customers on the most complex, highest-stakes engagements, translating customer needs into system design.
• Drive engineering innovation, identifying and championing improvements that span the loading platform or the wider Ocient stack.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed