Staff Software Engineer, Backend Infrastructure

About the position

At Gretel, we're building the platform that developers and data scientists trust for safe, AI-ready data. Our platform combines differential privacy with state-of-the-art AI to generate synthetic data across multiple modalities, whether starting from your own unique data or creating entirely new datasets from prompts. We enable organizations to unlock sensitive data for AI development and analytics. We believe you shouldn't have to search for the right dataset, you should be able to generate exactly what you need while maintaining the highest standards of privacy and utility. We're a highly collaborative remote-first company with employees across the US and Canada. Our innovative and transparent culture offers employees the autonomy, tools, and trust to act like owners and we're looking for a talented Staff or Principal Backend Engineer to join our mission!

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design and development of software solutions.
• Guide and mentor other engineers.
• Ensure the scalability, reliability, and maintainability of software products.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to define requirements and architect solutions.
• Scale various models (Navigator, ACTGAN, Transform) to large datasets via parallelization, sampling, subsetting, etc.
• Manage the deployability of our stack in customer environments considering security and encapsulation implications.
• Build core, reusable components such as permissions management and logging.
• Contribute code, tests, and application/data/systems architecture on a small team.
• Utilize programming languages like Python, Go, and Java, RDBMS and NoSQL databases, and container orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes.
• Own customer and developer happiness for products in production.
• Coordinate with engineering and product leads to define, prioritize, and task projects.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, pairing opportunities, and code reviews.

Requirements

• A minimum of 8+ years of software engineering experience, with a focus on backend development.
• Strong Python, Go or Java coding skills.
• Proven expertise in designing and implementing serverless and microservice architectures using cloud-native technologies.
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Demonstrated experience in working on complex software projects and a track record of delivering technical excellence.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex issues.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple communication channels asynchronously.

Benefits

• Base salary range for Staff Software Engineer: $210,000-$230,000 USD
• Base salary range for Principal Software Engineer: $220,000-$250,000 USD
• Bonus opportunities for applicable roles
• Stock options
• Flexible working environment
• Inclusive and diverse workplace culture