Senior Software Engineer
About this role
- We cannot sponsor or transfer any visas, of any kind, at this time*
- The salary offered for this position will be based on a candidate’s experience and skill demonstrated during interviews and other evaluations
- Build automation and services (primarily using Python) to operate and test the Ocient distributed database system and integrations
- Work closely with internal stakeholders to understand their needs and build the tooling to fulfill those needs
- Maintain and extend existing tooling for performance testing and analysis and the automation that keeps tests reproducible
- Produce documentation for future maintainers and concise runbooks for developers
- Demonstrated growth mindset and ability to learn new languages and systems rapidly
- BS, MS or PhD in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent industry experience
- 4+ years professional software engineering experience
- Strong systems thinking and software fundamentals
- Comfortable working in Linux, with shell tooling, debugging tools, and CI systems
- Ability to speak and write in English fluently
- Strong familiarity with advanced Python features and typing
- Data gathering and analysis skills, a scientific mindset is a plus
- Experience operating and/or performance tuning a distributed database system
- Familiarity managing test infrastructure, including infrastructure as code tools
Company at a glance
For the organizations that can't get AI at enterprise scale wrong, there's Ocient.
The OcientAIQ™ ecosystem delivers trusted agentic AI solutions at petabyte scale, built for the industries where the data is largest, the stakes are high, and production-grade results are non-negotiable. Where fragmented data stacks slow agents down and drive up costs, OcientAIQ™ brings the infrastructure and expertise to make it work.
Ocient is a global, remote-first, carbon-neutral company, headquartered in Chicago, and backed by leading investors including Greycroft, OCA Ventures, In-Q-Tel and Buoyant Ventures.
Our remote-first company is made up of collaborative, curious, and driven experts who are passionate about delivering solutions that drive real-world impact. If that sounds like you, check out our open jobs or reach out to [email protected].
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