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# Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Lake Analytics Platform)

- **Company:** The Ladders
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $204,000.0 - $264,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Analysis, Apache HTTP Server, Computer Programming, Continuous Integration, Data Infrastructure, Python (Programming Language), Query Optimization, Cloud Services, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Snowflake, Apache Spark, Backend, Data Management, Terraform
- **Published:** August 1, 2026
- **Apply:** https://arc.dev/remote-jobs/j/redirect/p8u24bialm

## About the Role

* 8+ years in software engineering or data infrastructure, with 2+ years in technical leadership roles
 * Hands-on leadership experience in building data infrastructure teams
 * Proficiency with Snowflake or similar analytical data warehouses, especially in access control and query optimization
 * Strong working knowledge of Apache Iceberg, Spark, and cloud-native data lake architectures
 * Experience with dbt or equivalent frameworks, focusing on data modeling and CI/CD practices
 * Programming skills in Python, SQL, or similar languages with a focus on production-quality systems
 * Familiarity with Terraform or equivalent for managing data infrastructure

## Description

* Define and lead the long-term technical roadmap for the company's Lakehouse Platform
 * Architect and implement capabilities for secure and user-friendly analytical data management
 * Design and maintain governance and secure access controls for the data platform
 * Enhance analytics engineering through improved data modeling and quality practices
 * Establish best practices for lakehouse operations at scale
 * Optimize analytical compute and storage performance and cost efficiency
 * Collaborate with various teams to translate business needs into technical architecture
 * benefits
 * health care coverage with premiums fully covered for employees and dependents
 * generous Flexible Spending Wallets for various personal and family-related expenses
 * competitive vacation and holiday time for rest and recharge
 * employee stock purchase plan allowing discounted purchase of company shares


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