
Data Platform Engineer – AI Platform
Posted Aug 13

Posted Aug 13
This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.
• Take charge of performance optimization on the StarRocks serving layer utilizing AI-enhanced query profiling.
• Develop and strengthen data pipelines that support government cloud investigations.
• Serve as a secondary independent operator of the GovCloud serving layer to mitigate single points of failure.
• Manage and resolve issues within the production data infrastructure.
• Leverage AI-assisted debugging and log analysis to diagnose production problems and determine root causes.
• Work collaboratively with Forward Deployed Engineering and Product teams to ensure consistency between government cloud and commercial platforms.
• Engage in weekly incident and infrastructure reviews, asynchronous Slack updates, sprint planning, and post-incident reviews.
• Assist with compliance milestones, runbooks, database migrations, backup/restore pipelines, and changes to audit-log retention.
• Take part in on-call duties.
• U.S. citizenship is mandatory.
• Practical experience managing distributed OLAP or serving-layer systems like StarRocks, Trino, ClickHouse, or similar.
• Proven experience in query tuning and performance enhancement at scale.
• Experience in ensuring data pipeline reliability and managing incident responses.
• Proficiency in utilizing AI tools such as Claude, Cursor, or similar for debugging, code reviews, and documentation purposes.
• Capability to independently assume responsibility for unfamiliar production infrastructure.
• Skilled in using AI-assisted research and code exploration to quickly get up to speed.
• Openness and readiness to handle on-call responsibilities with minimal supervision.
• Applied AI fluency will be assessed during the interview process.
• Strong sense of ownership, adaptability, collaboration, creative problem-solving, and comfort with ambiguity.
• Competitive benefits, which vary based on country and local employment regulations.
• Wellness initiatives.
• Paid time off.
• Flexible remote work arrangements.
• Opportunities for professional development.
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