Atlan Stormwater

Staff Engineer – Foundational Data Plane

Atlan Stormwater

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesMicroservices

About the role

  • Design and build platform services—APIs, infrastructure components, runtime systems, and ingestion frameworks—at enterprise scale
  • Architect the context store that transforms lakehouse infrastructure into AI-ready systems with multimodal capabilities (structured, unstructured, vector, graph)
  • Solve complex multi-tenant isolation and scaling problems for enterprise SaaS
  • Design data contracts governing ingestion, validation, processing, routing, storage, and serving across heterogeneous systems
  • Own critical shared infrastructure including lakehouse (Iceberg/Polaris), vector stores, graph databases, and OLTP systems
  • Drive technical standards through RFCs, architecture reviews, and documentation
  • Mentor senior engineers and influence architecture decisions across teams
  • Write production code using AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code, Cursor)
  • Debug distributed systems issues across Kubernetes, workflow orchestration, and microservices

Requirements

  • 8+ years in platform engineering, infrastructure, or backend systems at a SaaS company
  • Experience building enterprise-scale distributed systems at scale
  • Deep expertise in multi-tenant architectures and tenant isolation strategies
  • Strong Kubernetes, containerization, and cloud infrastructure skills (AWS/GCP/Azure)
  • Hands-on experience with distributed systems patterns—service mesh, event-driven architecture, orchestration
  • Track record of driving multi-quarter technical initiatives from concept through production at scale
  • Deep Expertise in One or More of the following: Lakehouse architectures, Vector stores, Graph databases, Streaming systems
  • Nice to Have: Experience designing contract-driven or schema-first data platforms, Familiarity with Temporal or similar workflow orchestration systems, Data quality frameworks, observability systems, and cost attribution at scale, Experience supporting enterprise workloads with strict compliance requirements, CI/CD pipeline design and GitOps practices.
Benefits
  • Ownership from Day One: Whether you're an intern or a full-time teammate, you’ll own impactful projects, chart your growth, and collaborate with some of the best minds in the industry.
  • Limitless Opportunities: At Atlan, your growth has no boundaries. If you’re ready to take initiative, the sky’s the limit.
  • A Global Data Community: We’re deeply embedded in the modern data stack, contributing to open-source projects, sponsoring meet-ups, and empowering team members to grow through conferences and learning opportunities.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
API designinfrastructure componentsruntime systemsingestion frameworksmulti-tenant architecturesKubernetescloud infrastructuredistributed systems patternslakehouse architecturesgraph databases
Soft Skills
mentoringinfluencing architecture decisionsdriving technical standardsdocumentation