Staff Software Engineer – Core Services

Snorkel AI

Staff Software Engineer building and maintaining data access libraries for Snorkel AI. Designing event-driven data flows and enhancing developer velocity using AI-assisted tools.

Posted 4/29/2026full-timeRedwood City • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $240,000 - $275,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AirflowAmazon RedshiftAWSETLKubernetesPostgresPythonSQLTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build and maintain the shared data access library and SDKs that Platform, Packaging, and Dataset API teams use to read from and write to multiple data sources (Snowflake, S3, RDS). Design interfaces that abstract source-level complexity while providing built-in auth, RBAC enforcement, pagination, and query governance.
Design and implement event-driven data flows using event brokers, CDC connectors, schema registry, event routing, dead letter queues. Make sure events flow reliably and failures are visible and recoverable.
Build the systems that track how data moves through the platform (lineage), enforce who can access what (governance and RBAC), and log what happened (auditing). This includes PII handling, retention policy enforcement, and audit infrastructure for enterprise and federal compliance.
Instrument the data platform with OpenTelemetry, define and monitor SLOs for query latency and pipeline success rates, and build alerting that catches issues before they become incidents. You will be on-call for the systems you build.
Contribute to infrastructure cost visibility and optimization - query cost estimation, workload right-sizing, and routing data to the most cost-effective storage tier for its access pattern.

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years building platform infrastructure, data infrastructure, data platforms, or backend systems with significant data components. You have built and operated pipelines, data access layers, or ETL/ELT systems in production.
Strong proficiency in Python. Our stack is Python-heavy across Prefect, FastAPI, dbt, and the SDK layer.
Hands-on experience with SQL and at least two of: Snowflake, Redshift, Postgres. You understand the performance characteristics of each and can write queries that don't bring down production.
Experience with AWS — S3, RDS, EKS, EventBridge, IAM. Comfortable working in a Terraform-managed environment
Experience with Kubernetes. Our workloads run on EKS and you will deploy, debug, and scale services on K8s.
Familiarity with data orchestration tools (Prefect, Airflow, or Dagster) and transformation frameworks (dbt).
Understanding of data governance concepts — RBAC, PII handling, audit logging, data lineage.
Fluency with AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code, Cursor, or similar). This is a hard requirement — the team uses these tools daily and we expect engineers to leverage them for code generation, debugging, and investigation.

Benefits

Comp & perks

🌐 Worldwide Post a Job Affiliates ❌ Jobs You've Hidden ⭐️ Saved Jobs ✅ Applied Jobs 👤 Account Snorkel AI Website LinkedIn All Job Openings 51 - 200 employees Founded 2019 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 💸 Finance ⚕️ Healthcare Insurance Artificial Intelligence
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Healthcare Insurance Snorkel AI is an innovative platform that specializes in providing expert-level training and evaluation data tailored for machine learning models. Their service, known as Expert Data-as-a-Service, enables organizations to create high-quality datasets for AI applications, significantly accelerating model delivery and enhancing accuracy. Founded from research at Stanford, Snorkel partners with leading AI companies to push the boundaries of AI capabilities across various sectors, including finance and healthcare. Staff Software Engineer – Core Services 🔥 2 minutes ago 🏢🏡 Redwood City – Hybrid 💵 $240k - $275k / year ⏰ Full Time 🔴 Lead 🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer 🦅 H1B Visa Sponsor Airflow Amazon Redshift AWS ETL Kubernetes Postgres Python SQL Terraform Apply Now Report problem ☆ Save ☑️ Mark as applied ❌ Hide 📋 Description
Build and maintain the shared data access library and SDKs that Platform, Packaging, and Dataset API teams use to read from and write to multiple data sources (Snowflake, S3, RDS). Design interfaces that abstract source-level complexity while providing built-in auth, RBAC enforcement, pagination, and query governance.
Design and implement event-driven data flows using event brokers, CDC connectors, schema registry, event routing, dead letter queues. Make sure events flow reliably and failures are visible and recoverable.
Build the systems that track how data moves through the platform (lineage), enforce who can access what (governance and RBAC), and log what happened (auditing). This includes PII handling, retention policy enforcement, and audit infrastructure for enterprise and federal compliance.
Instrument the data platform with OpenTelemetry, define and monitor SLOs for query latency and pipeline success rates, and build alerting that catches issues before they become incidents. You will be on-call for the systems you build.
Contribute to infrastructure cost visibility and optimization - query cost estimation, workload right-sizing, and routing data to the most cost-effective storage tier for its access pattern. 🎯 Requirements
8+ years building platform infrastructure, data infrastructure, data platforms, or backend systems with significant data components. You have built and operated pipelines, data access layers, or ETL/ELT systems in production.
Strong proficiency in Python. Our stack is Python-heavy across Prefect, FastAPI, dbt, and the SDK layer.
Hands-on experience with SQL and at least two of: Snowflake, Redshift, Postgres. You understand the performance characteristics of each and can write queries that don't bring down production.
Experience with AWS — S3, RDS, EKS, EventBridge, IAM. Comfortable working in a Terraform-managed environment
Experience with Kubernetes. Our workloads run on EKS and you will deploy, debug, and scale services on K8s.
Familiarity with data orchestration tools (Prefect, Airflow, or Dagster) and transformation frameworks (dbt).
Understanding of data governance concepts — RBAC, PII handling, audit logging, data lineage.
Fluency with AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code, Cursor, or similar). This is a hard requirement — the team uses these tools daily and we expect engineers to leverage them for code generation, debugging, and investigation. Apply Now 📊 Check your resume score for this job Improve your chances of getting an interview by checking your resume score before you apply. Similar Jobs Staff Software Engineer – Data Infrastructure, AI Compute Platform 🕒 April 13 Biohub 201 - 500 🧬 Biotechnology 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🔬 Science Website LinkedIn All Job Openings Staff Software Engineer at Biohub developing tooling and infrastructure for the data lifecycle in AI compute platforms. Collaborating with scientists to enable cutting-edge research. 🏢🏡 Redwood City – Hybrid 💵 $214k - $295k / year ⏰ Full Time 🔴 Lead 🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer AWS Azure Google Cloud Platform Grafana Java Kubernetes PHP Prometheus Python Ray Ruby Rust Scala Go Staff Software Engineer, Connectivity Platform 🕒 April 13 Equinix 5001 - 10000 📡 Telecommunications 🏢 Enterprise ☁️ SaaS Website LinkedIn All Job Openings Staff Engineer at Equinix developing programmable Connectivity-as-a-Service platform. Involves design, implementation, and mentorship within engineering teams. 🏢🏡 Redwood City – Hybrid 💵 $142k - $212k / year ⏰ Full Time 🔴 Lead 🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer 🦅 H1B Visa Sponsor Apache Cloud Distributed Systems Docker Kafka Kubernetes Microservices NoSQL RDBMS Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Platform 🕒 April 12 Poshmark 501 - 1000 🏪 Marketplace 🛍️ eCommerce 👗 Fashion Website LinkedIn All Job Openings Lead software development for Poshmark’s cloud platform, focusing on scalable features and cross-functional collaboration. Mentor engineers and drive improvements in platform architecture. 🏢🏡 Redwood City – Hybrid 💵 $155.9k - $261.1k / year 💰 Venture Round - Poshmark on 2020-12 ⏰ Full Time 🔴 Lead 🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer Director, AI Product Engineering 🕒 April 12 Biohub 201 - 500 🧬 Biotechnology 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🔬 Science Website LinkedIn All Job Openings Director of AI Product Engineering at Biohub leading a team to build transformative AI-driven biology solutions. Overseeing software products that translate AI models into scalable applications. 🏢🏡 Redwood City – Hybrid 💵 $270k - $338k / year ⏰ Full Time 🔴 Lead 🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer Principal Engineer 🕒 February 5 Palm Ventures 1 - 10 Website LinkedIn All Job Openings Principal Engineer at Gentoro defining standards for AI agent enterprise integration in a growth phase. Bridging high-level architecture and hands-on execution in a hybrid work environment. 🏢🏡 Redwood City – Hybrid ⏰ Full Time 🔴 Lead 🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer GraphQL Kubernetes Python SDLC Spark View More Full-stack Engineer Jobs 🌐 Worldwide Built by Lior Neu-ner. I'd love to hear your feedback — Get in touch via DM or support@remoterocketship.com Search Search Jobs by country Search jobs by city Search jobs by job title Search entry-level jobs Search junior-level jobs Search senior-level jobs Search jobs by tech stack Search jobs by contract type Search remote internships Search remote part-time jobs Remote jobs Anywhere in the World Companies Hiring Anywhere in the World Companies Hiring Sales People Anywhere in the World Companies Hiring Software Engineers Anywhere in the World Resources Advice Tips for finding remote jobs Interview questions and answers Resume examples Cover letter examples Post a job Affiliates Privacy policy Terms of service Job board SEO course AI Apply Copilot OpenClaw job finder Jobs by Country Remote jobs anywhere in the world (Worldwide remote jobs) Remote jobs United States Remote jobs Australia Remote jobs Brazil Remote jobs Canada Remote jobs France Remote jobs Ireland Remote jobs Germany Remote jobs Netherlands Remote jobs Spain Remote jobs UK Popular Jobs Remote data analyst jobs Remote customer support jobs Remote executive assistant jobs Remote marketing jobs Remote product designer jobs Remote product manager jobs Remote project manager jobs Remote recruiter jobs Remote sales jobs Remote software engineer jobs Jobs by Type Remote full-time jobs Remote part-time jobs Remote contract jobs Remote internship jobs Remote entry-level jobs Remote jobs with no experience required Remote junior jobs (1-3 years of experience) Digital nomad jobs Remote jobs with no degree required Freelance remote jobs Temporary remote jobs Remote jobs hiring now Stay at home mom jobs

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonSQLETLELTdata access layersdata pipelinesdata orchestrationdata transformationevent-driven data flowsdata governance

Soft Skills

problem-solvingon-call supportcollaborationcommunicationdebuggingoptimization