Staff, Backend Engineer - Catalog

Hybrid - Palo Altofull timeRemote

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$225k–$300k

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Acryldata Staff, Backend Engineer to lead development of DataHub's Platform framework connecting diverse data systems and powering metadata collection. Build scalable ingestion systems, APIs, event-driven architectures, schema mapping, and versioning systems for AI assets.

Responsibilities

We're looking for an exceptional Staff, Backend engineer to lead development of DataHub's Platform framework – the core that connects diverse data systems and powers our metadata collection capabilities.
Scalable, fault-tolerant ingestion systems for enterprise-scale metadata
Clean, intuitive APIs for our connector ecosystem
Event-driven architectures for real-time metadata processing
Schema mapping between diverse systems and DataHub's unified model
Versioning systems for AI assets (training data, model weights, embeddings)

Qualification

Designed indexingDesigned and scaled distributed systemsPython/TypeScript/NodeOpen-source contributionsEarly-stage startup experienceLocation and CompensationBay Area (hybridSalary Range

Required

8+ years building production-grade distributed systems
Advanced Python and API design expertise
Experience with high-scale data processing or integration frameworks
Strong systems knowledge and distributed architecture experience
Proven track record solving complex technical challenges
Built and maintained online applications serving live traffic at scale (100+ QPS)
Set up monitoring and alerting for services
Designed indexing, storage, and data architectures to make large-scale data accessible to online services
Designed and scaled distributed systems
Hands-on experience developing in a tight loop with LLMs and applying best practices for scalable LLM development
One of Java/Scala/Kotlin/C#/Go - very strong nice-to-have / borderline must-have
Python/TypeScript/Node.js - nice-to-have

Preferred

Experience with DataHub or similar metadata/ETL frameworks (Airflow, Airbyte, dbt)
Open-source contributions
Experience building and maintaining services that make calls to LLMs in order to serve live traffic
Experience fine-tuning LLM-powered applications exposed to end users
Early-stage startup experience
Location and Compensation
Bay Area (hybrid, 3 days in Palo Alto office)
Salary Range: $225,000 to $300,000

Benefits

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Acryldata

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