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Uber

<div>About the Role
 
 
Uber's Data Platform is the heart of the company's critical decision-making and AI-driven intelligence. We are evolving from traditional data processing toward a Next-Generation Data Intelligence Platform -a unified, elastic fabric that collapses the silos between batch, streaming, and multimodal data.
 
 
As a Senior Staff Engineer , you will be the architect behind Uber's Elastic Compute , Unified Semantic Layer , and Self-Evolving Knowledge Platform . You will lead the transition from legacy on-premise systems to a Modern, Cloud-Native Ecosystem , designing solutions that handle exabytes of data. Whether it's optimizing Transactional Distributed Storage , or operationalizing Agentic Data Intelligence , your work will define the industry standard for high-performance infrastructure.
 
 
What You Will Do
<ul><li>Architect the Multi-Modal Fabric: Unify batch, streaming, and AI compute into one intelligent fabric, enabling real-time insights and trustworthy AI agents at a global scale.
</li><li>Revolutionize Storage &amp; Catalog: Drive the architecture for a unified catalog and metadata management service for unstructured data, leveraging native cloud object store capabilities.
</li><li>Operationalize AI Intelligence: Partner with teams like QueryCopilot and DataIQ to bridge human validation with autonomous reasoning through agentic workflows.
</li><li>Lead Storage Modernization: Evolve our massive-scale persistence layers-including Docstore (Transactional Distributed Storage) and Distributed MySQL-to increase resiliency and reduce operational overhead.
</li><li>Open Source &amp; Act as a force multiplier by contributing to the community (Hudi, Iceberg, Presto).
</li></ul>Basic Qualifications -
<ul><li>14+ Years of Engineering Excellence: Proven experience designing and operating world-class distributed data and storage systems.
</li><li>Mastery of Storage Internals: Extensive storage experience is a must. You have deep expertise in:
<ul><li>Batch &amp; Object Storage: HDFS, Cloud Object Storage (S3/GCS/OCI), and Blobstore metadata management.
</li><li>Storage Optimization: Practical experience with Apache Hudi or Apache Iceberg for lakehouse architectures.
</li><li>Transactional Systems: Experience with distributed transactional storage (e.g., Docstore, Google Spanner, TiDB).
</li><li>NoSQL &amp; Cache: Cassandra, Redis, and high-throughput Key-Value stores.
</li></ul></li><li>Data + AI Convergence: Deep understanding of how compute fabrics (Spark, Flink, Ray) integrate with vector databases and model-serving platforms.
</li><li>Query Engine Proficiency: Architect-level knowledge of Presto, Trino, or Hive for large-scale analytical processing.
</li><li>Systems Programming: Expert-level command of Java, Go, Scala, or C++ with a focus on performance tuning and distributed consensus.
</li></ul>- Preferred Qualifications -
<ul><li>Infrastructure at Scale: Experience designing AI infrastructure, including RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) systems and high-bandwidth data loading for GPUs.
</li><li>Distributed Relational Mastery: Hands-on experience with Sharded/Distributed MySQL (Vitess) and managing large-scale tabular data.
</li><li>Multi-Cloud Vision: Demonstrated ability to build portable data solutions across OCI and GCP, optimizing for resource efficiency and intelligent scheduling.
</li><li>SLA-Driven Reliability: Expertise in building observability, data freshness, and quality frameworks for Tier-0 mission-critical services.
</li>Strategic Influence: Proven ability to lead platform modernization, mentor Staff-level engineers, and influence long-term technical strategy across multiple organizations. 
<li>
</li></ul> 
 
For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$267,000 per year - USD$297,000 per year. For Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$267,000 per year - USD$297,000 per year. For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$267,000 per year - USD$297,000 per year. For all US locations, you will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award &amp; other types of comp. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link https://jobs.uber.com/en/benefits.</div>

Senior Staff Software Engineer: Data & Storage Platform

Apple

Imagine what we could do together. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job, and there&rsquo;s no telling what we could accomplish! 
 
The Apple Services Engineering team is one of the most exciting examples of Apple&rsquo;s long-held passion for combining art and technology. We are the people who power the App Store, Apple TV, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, Apple Books, Apple Sports and Apple Fitness. And we do it on a massive scale, meeting Apple&rsquo;s high standard for quality and excellence, to deliver a huge variety of entertainment in over 50+ languages to more than 150 countries. 
 
Description 
 
The App Store team powers the data backbone behind discovery, search, trust and safety, developer insights, and experimentation across billions of daily user interactions. We ingest, model, and activate high-volume event data in near real time with uncompromising standards for privacy, reliability, and latency. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will design and operate large-scale distributed systems and build production-grade Generative AI applications that make App Store signals useful, safe, and actionable for teams across Apple. &quot;,&quot;responsibilities&quot;:&quot;Architect and operate petabyte-scale App Store pipelines with strict SLAs. 
 
Define event taxonomies, schemas, and governance to ensure durable contracts, lineage, and high-quality metadata. 
 
Ship privacy-by-design processing: PII minimization, consent enforcement, differential privacy, and edge-friendly patterns. 
 
Build production GenAI services with App Store context: embeddings, vector search, RAG, prompt orchestration, guardrails, and automated evals. 
 
Lead incident response and root-cause analysis; automate backfills, reprocessing, and lineage-aware rollbacks. 
 
Mentor engineers, influence architectural roadmaps, and improve on code quality, testing, performance, reliability, and documentation. 
 
Preferred Qualifications 
 
Familiarity shipping GenAI apps to production: embeddings, vector DBs, RAG, prompt orchestration. 
 
Excellent communication and collaboration skills; ability to influence multi-functional partners and drive complex projects to completion. 
 
Minimum Qualifications 
 
8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience building large-scale data systems. 
 
Strong programming skills in one or more of Scala and Java. 
 
Hands-on expertise with distributed data systems such as Spark, Kafka, Hadoop, Flink. 
 
Solid foundation in data storage and SQL : (S3/HDFS/Parquet), and lakehouse tables (Iceberg/Delta/Hudi). 
 
Solid systems fundamentals: algorithms, data structures, concurrency, consistency, caching, and observability. 
 
Built and operated services with Docker/Kubernetes, automated CI/CD and low-latency inference systems. 
 
BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience. 
 
Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant . 
 
Pay &amp; Benefits 
 
At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $171,600 and $302,200, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. 
 
Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses - including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits. 
 
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Senior Software Engineer, App Store Data

Rippling

<div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">About Rippling</h2>
Rippling gives businesses one place to run HR, IT, and Finance. It brings together all of the workforce systems that are normally scattered across a company, like payroll, expenses, benefits, and computers. For the first time ever, you can manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle in a single system. 
Take onboarding, for example. With Rippling, you can hire a new employee anywhere in the world and set up their payroll, corporate card, computer, benefits, and even third-party apps like Slack and Microsoft 365&mdash;all within 90 seconds. 
Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1.4B+ from the world&rsquo;s top investors&mdash;including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks, and Bedrock&mdash;and was named one of America's best startup employers by Forbes. 
We prioritize candidate safety. Please be aware that all official communication will only be sent from @Rippling.com addresses.<h2 class="jobSectionHeader"> 
About the role</h2>
Rippling processes multi-billions of dollars in annual transaction volume, serving as the financial engine for businesses worldwide. As a Staff Engineer on the broader Financial Services team, you will join a lean, high-impact group responsible for the architecture that moves this money. 
We&rsquo;re looking for a Staff Software Engineer to anchor our new Money Movement &amp; Treasury architecture hub in Seattle. You will own the design and implementation of our deterministic, config-driven, and incrementally testable ledger architecture. You will be the technical authority ensuring 100% ledger coverage to act as the final guardrail for all tax and payment liabilities.<h2 class="jobSectionHeader"> 
What you will do</h2><ul><li>
Architect the Foundation: Redesign our General Ledger and reconciliation systems to eliminate silent failures and to be deterministic.</li><li>
Unify the Abstraction: Establish universal primitives across various historically disjointed payment systems to create a single, queryable lifecycle for every dollar moving through our platform.</li><li>
Build the Engine: Develop a reconciliation replay and testing framework, working closely with the payments data team to replace legacy Snowflake-side recon logic.</li><li>
Technical Leadership: Anchor the Seattle site, mentoring a pod of high-performing Senior engineers to build an execution layer decoupled from product feature velocity.</li><li>
Cross Functional Execution: The engineer will work closely and collaborate with the Payments Data, Tax, and Accounting team to understand ledger, tax liability, accounting and regulatory reporting requirements, and to replace legacy Snowflake-side reconciliation logic by developing a reconciliation replay and testing framework.</li></ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
What you will need</h2><ul><li>
Experience: 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a strong track record in backend development and distributed systems.</li><li>
Architecture: Proven ability to design large-scale, fault-tolerant systems from scratch. You understand the trade-offs between consistency and availability and know when &quot;eventual consistency&quot; is not enough.</li><li>
High Agency: You thrive in ambiguity. You don't wait for a ticket to be assigned; you identify the business problem, scope the technical solution, and execute.</li><li>
Domain Agility: You have the intellectual curiosity to master the complex domain of treasury and money movement in a matter of days, even if you don't have a background in it.</li><li>
Tech Stack: Deep proficiency in a modern backend language (Python, Go, Java, etc.) plus experience with complex data modeling (SQL/NoSQL) and data processing framework (Spark/Flink).</li></ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
Additional Information</h2>
Rippling is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected characteristics, Rippling is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process. To request a reasonable accommodation, please email accommodations@rippling.com 
Rippling highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. For office-based employees (employees who live within a defined radius of a Rippling office), Rippling considers working in the office, at least three days a week under current policy, to be an essential function of the employee's role. 
This role will receive a competitive salary + benefits + equity. The salary for US-based employees will be aligned with one of the ranges below based on location; see which tier applies to your location here. 
A variety of factors are considered when determining someone&rsquo;s compensation&ndash;including a candidate&rsquo;s professional background, experience, and location. Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed below. 
The pay range for this role is: 
189,000 - 330,750 USD per year(US Tier 1)</div>

Staff Software Engineer - Financial Ledger Systems

<div>People at Apple don't just build products - they craft the kind of experience that has revolutionized entire industries. The diverse collection of our people and their ideas inspire innovation in everything we do. Imagine what you could do here! Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it. 
 
The Analytics Platforms &amp; Experiences (APX) team is at the forefront of revolutionising Data Engineering. We drive significant increases in efficiency and productivity through a flawless ecosystem of frameworks and products that unlock observability, knowledge and enable data quality-driven orchestration at scale. APX is part of the broader Apple Services Engineering division that powers App Store, Apple TV+, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, Apple Books, Fitness+, the iTunes Store and more. 
 
The APX Bedrock team is the foundational platform layer within APX, responsible for building the systems and services that underpin data engineering excellence across the organization. We are seeking a Senior Software Data Engineer who brings deep technical expertise and the strategic thinking to shape the future of our data engineering platform. In this role, you will influence the broader technical vision, drive platform-wide architectural decisions, and establish patterns that raise the engineering bar across the organization. You will bridge hands-on engineering excellence with forward-looking platform thinking, working alongside architects and cross-functional teams to transform how data engineers work at Apple. 
 
Description 
 
As a Senior Software Data Engineer on the APX Bedrock team, you will be a highly impactful technical contributor who combines deep engineering craftsmanship with platform-wide thinking. You will own critical platform components end-to-end while actively shaping the technical direction of the team and influencing the broader organization. 
 
<ul><li>Lead design and implementation of core platform services supporting data application authoring, metadata management, dataset lifecycle tracking, and orchestration at scale</li></ul> 
<ul><li>Architect and build high-performance Java-based backend services and APIs that form the backbone of the data engineering platform</li></ul> 
<ul><li>Own data modeling and database design decisions, establishing best practices for schema design, indexing strategies, and query optimization across relational and non-relational data stores</li></ul> 
<ul><li>Design and operate scalable data processing pipelines using Apache Spark, Apache Flink, and modern orchestration frameworks</li></ul> 
<ul><li>Proactively identify architectural gaps and drive initiatives that improve platform scalability, reliability, and developer experience</li></ul> 
<ul><li>Define engineering standards and patterns adopted across the broader team and organization</li></ul> 
<ul><li>Evaluate emerging technologies and contribute to strategic decisions that shape the platform roadmap</li></ul> 
<ul><li>Mentor engineers across experience levels and drive a culture of technical excellence</li></ul> 
<ul><li>Leverage AI-powered development tools and help define how AI-augmented workflows are adopted and scaled within the team</li></ul> 

Preferred Qualifications 
 
Experience with non-relational or NoSQL databases and strong intuition for applying the right data storage paradigms 
 
Proficiency in Scala, Go, or Python as complementary programming languages 
 
Deep experience with container orchestration tools such as Kubernetes and cloud-native infrastructure patterns 
 
Hands-on experience with AI-powered development tools (e.g., Claude Code, Copilot) and building AI-augmented engineering workflows 
 
Experience architecting data quality monitoring, metadata management, or dataset lifecycle management systems at scale 
 
Strong background in streaming, real-time data processing, and event-driven architectures 
 
Track record of mentoring senior engineers and driving technical excellence across teams 
 
Strong communication skills with the ability to present complex technical strategies to senior leadership 
 
Minimum Qualifications 
 
Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience 
 
8+ years of software engineering experience with significant focus on data platform or large-scale distributed systems 
 
Expert-level Java programming with a strong track record of architecting and delivering complex, production-grade backend services 
 
Deep experience with relational databases including advanced data modeling, schema design, and query optimization at scale 
 
Expert-level experience with Apache Spark and Apache Flink, and distributed data technologies including Hadoop, HDFS, and Kafka 
 
Extensive experience designing and operating workflow orchestration systems such as Apache Airflow at enterprise scale 
 
Proven ability to drive end-to-end technical ownership of complex platform initiatives and influence technical direction beyond immediate team scope 
 
Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant . 
 
Pay &amp; Benefits 
 
At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $139,500 and $258,100, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. 
 
Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses - including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits. 
 
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.</div>

Senior Software Data Engineer

Amazon Web Services

<div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">DESCRIPTION</h2><div>
Join the AWS Energy team and help revolutionize the utility industry through advanced AI solutions that transform how utilities manage grid planning, operations, and interconnections during an era of unprecedented electricity demand and renewable energy transition. You'll work on breakthrough technology that dramatically reduces grid connection study timelines, enables utilities to process multiple interconnection requests simultaneously, and runs significantly more grid scenarios than traditional methods&mdash;directly addressing the industry's massive interconnection backlog representing hundreds of billions in delayed infrastructure investments. Our AI-driven workflows replace static, sequential engineering processes with dynamic, parallel processing capabilities that integrate with industry-standard tools, serving hundreds of transmission and distribution utilities globally as they meet growing electricity demands from data centers, electric vehicles, and renewable energy sources while improving grid reliability and accelerating revenue-producing projects. 
 
Key job responsibilities 
 
<ul><li>Collaborate with experienced cross-disciplinary Amazonians to conceive, design, and bring innovative products and services to market.</li><li>Design and build innovative technologies in a large distributed computing environment and help lead fundamental changes in the industry.</li><li>Create solutions to run predictions on distributed systems with exposure to innovative technologies at incredible scale and speed.</li><li>Build distributed storage, index, and query systems that are scalable, fault-tolerant, low cost, and easy to manage/use.</li><li>Design and code the right solutions starting with broadly defined problems.</li><li>Work in an agile environment to deliver high-quality software.</li></ul> 
About the team 
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the 8 description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn&rsquo;t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don&rsquo;t let it stop you from applying.
 
 
Why AWS? 
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world&rsquo;s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating &mdash; that&rsquo;s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses. 
 
Inclusive Team Culture 
Here at AWS, it&rsquo;s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness. 
 
Mentorship &amp; Career Growth 
We&rsquo;re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth&rsquo;s Best Employer. That&rsquo;s why you&rsquo;ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
 
 
Work/Life Balance 
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there&rsquo;s nothing we can&rsquo;t achieve in the cloud.
 
 
AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector. The AWS Global Support team interacts with leading companies and believes that world-class support is critical to customer success. AWS Support also partners with a global list of customers that are building mission-critical applications on top of AWS services. 
 
The AWS Industries team is committed to helping industry customers enable their digital transformation journeys. Our primary goal is to meet customers where they are in their cloud journey and work backwards from their industry specific needs to transform their business and their entire industry. Our team speaks the language of our industry customers, which means that we focus on business outcomes and industry use cases on behalf of our customers, whether that is how we build products and solutions, how we sell, how we deliver, or how we partner.</div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS</h2><ul><li>2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience</li><li>Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design</li></ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS</h2><ul><li>Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent</li><li>Knowledge of professional software engineering &amp; best practices for full software development life cycle, including coding standards, software architectures, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing, and operational excellence</li><li>Experience communicating technical concepts and processes using clear, simple language and visuals</li><li>Experience handling ambiguous or undefined challenges through strong problem solving abilities</li></ul> 
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. 
 
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you&rsquo;re applying in isn&rsquo;t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner. 
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life &amp; AD&amp;D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits. 
USA, WA, Seattle - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually</div>

Software Engineer, Electric Utility Grid, Hadron

<div>
 
 Employer:
 
 Uber Technologies, Inc.
 
 
 
 Job Title:
 
 Software Engineer
 
 
 
 Job Location:
 
 Seattle, Washington
 
 
 
 Job Type:
 
 Full Time
 
 
 
 Rate of Pay:
 
 $198,000 to $242,000 per year
 
 
 You will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered other types of comp. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link https://www.uber.com/careers/benefits .
 
 
 
 Duties:
 
 Collaborate and work with engineers, Product Managers, designers, and others to deliver product roadmap. Design, develop, and/or test software applications using company technology stack. Apply technical knowledge to evaluate complex data, developments, and projects in order to provide recommendations to resolve technical issues. Support the company's business operations and improve engineering productivity. Build software components that can be integrated into a fully functional software system. Solve production issues in product and system reliability. May telecommute.
 
 
 Employer will accept a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering (Any), Information Technology, Mathematics, Physics, or related field.
 
 
 
 Position Requires
 
 
 
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 Writing and documenting code to solve complex problems;
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 Identifying opportunities for better performance, efficiency, and reduction of tech debt in software, systems, and processes;
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 Developing design requirements;
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 Evaluating trade-off decisions to design systems;
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 Delivering software engineering products on large scale distributed systems;
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 Defining and driving improvements to product and engineering quality;
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 Translating business problems and product requirements into technical designs to define solutions.
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 </ul>
</div>

Software Engineer

RAVENNA

<div><h1 class="jobSectionHeader">Forward Deployed Engineer</h1><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
About the Role</h3>
Ravenna is looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer to work directly with customers and ensure they are successful using our platform.
This role sits at the intersection of engineering, product, and customer success. You will partner closely with customer teams to understand how their internal operations work, design solutions, and deploy Ravenna in real environments.
Forward Deployed Engineers at Ravenna own the full lifecycle of customer deployments. You will lead implementations, build integrations, debug issues, and develop solutions that help customers run their operations more effectively.
You will also play a critical role in shaping the product. By working closely with customers, you will develop a deep understanding of real world workflows and bring those insights back to the engineering and product teams.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving messy problems, working directly with users, and building practical solutions that deliver immediate impact.<h1 class="jobSectionHeader">
Responsibilities</h1><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
Lead customer deployments</h3>
Own the end to end implementation process. Work directly with customers to deploy Ravenna within their organization and ensure successful adoption.<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
Build integrations and custom solutions</h3>
Write code, build workflows, and develop integrations that connect Ravenna to customer systems such as Slack, Google Workspace, identity providers, and internal tools.<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
Solve problems in real environments</h3>
Debug issues, investigate system behavior, and resolve technical challenges that arise during deployments. Work through complex situations where systems are imperfect and requirements are evolving.<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
Capture and synthesize customer feedback</h3>
Document customer needs, feature requests, and patterns across deployments. Maintain clear feedback loops so insights are consistently shared with the product and engineering teams.<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
Influence product direction</h3>
Use learnings from customer engagements to shape product decisions. Propose improvements, identify gaps, and help guide how Ravenna evolves.<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
Build internal tools and processes</h3>
Develop scripts, tooling, and workflows that improve deployment speed, reliability, and the overall customer experience.<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
Collaborate across teams</h3>
Work closely with sales, product, and engineering to ensure strong communication, smooth handoffs, and a consistent customer experience.<h1 class="jobSectionHeader">
About You</h1><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
Strong engineering fundamentals</h3>
You have at least three years of software engineering experience and are comfortable writing production quality code. You are able to debug complex systems and build reliable solutions.<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
Customer focused mindset</h3>
You enjoy working directly with customers and care about solving real problems. You are comfortable building relationships and guiding users through technical implementations.<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
Systems thinker</h3>
You are comfortable working across APIs, integrations, and distributed systems. You can quickly understand how different systems interact and diagnose issues when they arise.<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
Strong problem solving ability</h3>
You enjoy tackling ambiguous problems and working through messy real world environments. You are comfortable investigating issues, testing solutions, and iterating quickly.<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
Organized and detail oriented</h3>
You track important details across customer engagements and ensure that nothing falls through the cracks. You are able to manage multiple projects at the same time.<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
Clear communicator</h3>
You can explain technical concepts to non technical stakeholders and translate business needs into technical solutions.<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
Builder mentality</h3>
You are comfortable writing code, building tools, and doing whatever is needed to make customers successful.<h1 class="jobSectionHeader">
Benefits</h1><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
Competitive Salary</h3>
We believe great people should be compensated well. While we are an early stage company, we offer competitive salaries and aim to pay top of market for exceptional talent.
We are building an ambitious company and know that attracting great people requires strong compensation.<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
Meaningful Equity</h3>
We hire people who want to help build Ravenna from the ground up. Equity ensures that when the company succeeds, the people who helped build it share in that success.
Early team members have the opportunity to make a real impact on both the product and the future of the company.<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
Choose Your Setup</h3>
Great work requires great tools. At Ravenna you can choose the hardware and setup that helps you do your best work.
Most of the team uses high performance Mac laptops, but you have the flexibility to select the tools and environment that fit your workflow.<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
Flexible Time Off</h3>
Doing great work requires time to recharge. We offer flexible paid time off so you can take the time you need to rest and stay at your best.
We trust our team to manage their time responsibly while delivering meaningful results.
Compensation Range: $130K - $180K</div>

Forward Deployed Engineer

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