Senior Software Engineer - Data Platform in Detroit
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We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with deep expertise in database systems, data pipelines, and real-time data infrastructure. As a core member of our engineering team, you will own the design and evolution of our data layer, from schema design and query optimization to building scalable pipelines and APIs that power our platform. This is a fully remote, hands-on individual contributor role where you'll wear many hats, move fast, and have significant ownership over foundational systems. If you enjoy collaborating closely with a tight-knit team and having real ownership over the systems you build, we'd love to meet you.
Core Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and maintain robust database schemas optimized for both transactional and time-series workloads, primarily using PostgreSQL and TimescaleDB/TigerDB.
- Architect and manage scalable data pipelines, from raw ingestion through transformation and storage with a focus on reliability, performance, and maintainability.
- Build and operate data warehouse infrastructure on GCP, ensuring data is well-organized, queryable, and cost-effective at scale.
- Develop and maintain APIs that expose clean, performant interfaces for internal services and external consumers.
- Implement real-time and streaming data solutions that handle high-throughput, low-latency workloads.
- Own data quality, monitoring, and alerting across the data layer.
- Design and maintain data warehouse architecture that supports system playback and integration testing, enabling engineers to replay real-world data scenarios against the full stack.
- Collaborate closely with engineers, researchers, and hardware teams to understand data requirements and translate them into reliable infrastructure.
- Write clear documentation for schemas, pipeline designs, data contracts, and operational runbooks.
- Contribute to a healthy, high-trust engineering culture where good ideas can come from anywhere.
Requirements
- Experience with Redis for caching, real-time data access patterns, and streams.
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience with GitLab workflows and CI/CD pipelines.
- Proficiency with GCP data products beyond the core stack, including BigQuery for analytics and large-scale querying.
- Experience with agentic coding tools (e.g., Claude code, Cursor, or similar AI-assisted development environments).
- Prior experience in an early-stage startup environment.
- Exposure to ML/AI data workflows, feature stores, training data pipelines, or model serving infrastructure.
Requirements:
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a meaningful focus on database systems and data infrastructure.
- Deep expertise in PostgreSQL, including schema design, query optimization, indexing strategies, and performance tuning.
- Hands-on experience with time-series databases (TimescaleDB/TigerDB, or similar).
- Strong proficiency in Python and/or C++ for pipeline and backend development.
- Experience building and operating data pipelines and data warehouses in a production environment.
- Familiarity with GCP data products (e.g., BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub).
- Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).
- Comfortable working in a Linux development environment.
- Strong communication skills - you can explain data models and architecture decisions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and make meaningful progress with minimal guidance.
- BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
Salary Range: The compensation range for this position is specific to the location(s) listed below and is the range Cavnue reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for the position taking into account the wide variety of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including job-related knowledge; skillset; experience, education and training; certifications; and other relevant business and organizational factors. Actual pay may vary based on these factors and geography.
Benefits & conditions
Eligible employees may participate in a benefits program that may include:
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits
- Life insurance and insurance
- 401(k) with company contribution
- Paid Parental leave
- Fertility and infertility benefits
- Industry-competitive PTO
- Learning and development opportunities
Benefits are subject to eligibility requirements and the terms of the applicable benefit plans and programs.
We are building an incredible team of employees with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We believe that great work can occur anywhere and are open to considering candidates who meet our needs who reside outside our geographic footprint. We also value the impact that can result from co-located teams and some roles may require regular presence in one of our offices.
