Senior Software Engineer

The Hydrolix data lake platform allows data scientists to drastically improve their model training and development velocity. Our platform integrates seamlessly with state-of-the-art model development technologies.

At Hydrolix, you’ll play a pivotal role in building infrastructure solutions targeted at the developer ecosystem for model development. You’ll find creative ways to unlock the power of the Hydrolix platform for a broad set of developers.

What You'll Do:

• Develop robust, efficient and performant backend systems for querying and processing massive datasets.
• Design, build, and optimize integrations with distributed processing frameworks like Apache Spark and Hive.
• Collaborate with various teams including, Core Platform, Data Intake, API, Product and Sales to understand customer needs and develop innovative solutions.
• Contribute to research and engineering decisions, particularly in the areas of query optimization and distributed computing.
• Enhance our data processing capabilities and develop advanced features.
• Work across various components of our platform, from data ingestion pipelines to performance optimization and third-party integrations.

What We're Looking For:

• Highly experienced backend distributed systems developer, with a proven ability to deliver high quality production software on Linux/Unix platforms.
• Proficiency in one or more compiled programming languages Scala or Java.
• Experience with distributed systems and distributed processing frameworks, such as Spark, Hive, Trino.
• Knowledge of distributed database query engines, and familiarity with query optimization techniques.
• Curious mindset with a demonstrated ability to learn new technologies and programming languages.
• Exceptional analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Benefits and Perks

• Competitive compensation and equity.
• Fully paid health, dental and vision insurance for employees and their dependents.
• 401K with a 4% company match.
• 4 weeks paid vacation.
• Paid parental leave.
• Remote first culture with flexible working hours.
• Generous allowance for equipment and office setup.

Why Hydrolix?

At Hydrolix, our values guide us in every decision we make. We believe that great software is built by great teams who care for themselves and each other. We listen and act with intention. We recommit every day to earning our customers’ trust, starting with building trust and empathy as a team. We hold ourselves accountable for building a culture based on diversity and inclusion.

Hydrolix changes the economics of big data. Hydrolix’s elastic cloud data platform enables customers to ingest, store, and query petabyte scale data with blazing fast performance while saving millions of dollars annually. Having closed a $35M Series B Financing in May 2024, Hydrolix is well funded and backed by leading VCs including Nava Ventures, Wing VC, AV8, and S3 Ventures.

If you’re a versatile engineer excited about working across different technologies and

making a significant impact, we’d love to hear from you_._

Hydrolix provides equal employment opportunities without regard to an applicant’s race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, religion, marital status or veteran status.

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