Founding Staff Software Engineer

About the company

Typedef has a clear mission: to empower data practitioners by enabling them to build critical data products effortlessly and without the headache of managing brittle infrastructure and systems. We are driven by a product-focused approach, challenging the status quo of overly complex data processing platforms that are difficult to maintain and operate. Our primary goal is to provide a delightful developer experience, achieved through abstracting away the complexities of infrastructure and system-level configurations while ensuring the highest levels of performance and reliability for data pipelines. If you share our passion for revolutionizing data infrastructure, we invite you to reach out and join us on this exciting journey!

Typedef’s founders are seasoned infrastructure leaders who have innovated in the data infrastructure and machine learning space. They’re second-time founders with successful exits who are excited to be back at the ground level to build a generational company.

The role

As our founding Software Architect, you will have a crucial role in shaping the technical roadmap for our data processing platform. Your leadership and technical expertise will directly impact our foundational architecture. This position offers a unique opportunity to create a data processing platform from scratch, allowing you to determine the combination of core building blocks from open-source projects and custom Typedef IP. You will collaborate closely with the founders and contribute to building the initial engineering team, which will be responsible for developing the Typedef Alpha version for our design partners.

Responsibilities

• Architect the initial data processing platform that will enable us to scale reliably while ensuring data correctness
• Design the technical roadmap and prioritize team execution
• Lead and mentor a talented engineering team
• Play a key role in building a top-notch engineering team
• Decide on timelines and milestones for product deliverables
• Participate in initial customer and design partnership conversations

Requirements

Must have

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field 5+ years in an Architect or senior technical leadership role
• In-depth knowledge of software development languages, frameworks, and methodologies
• Strong understanding of system design principles and software architecture patterns
• Proficiency in technical documentation and diagramming tools
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Effective communication and leadership abilities
• Familiarity with data infrastructure cloud technologies and distributed systems
• Experience with Agile development methodologies
• Experience with Data Lake architectures
• Experience with table formats like Iceberg and Delta

Nice to Have

• Experience designing and building query engines
• Proficient with distributed compute engines like Spark
• Experience with Apache Arrow, DataFusion, Flight, Parquet, Velox
• Experience with virtualization technologies like Firecracker and gVisor
• Hands on experience with Rust, C++, and Go