Customers trust the Alation Data Intelligence Platform for self-service analytics, cloud transformation, data governance, and AI-ready data, fostering data-driven innovation at scale. With more than $340M in funding – valued at over $1.7 billion and nearly 600 customers, including 40% of the Fortune 100 — Alation helps organizations realize value from data and AI initiatives.
Alation has been recognized in 2024 as one of Inc. Magazine's Best Workplaces for the fifth time, a testament to our commitment to creating an inclusive, innovative, and collaborative environment. Collaboration is at the forefront of everything we do. We strive to bring diverse perspectives together and empower each team member to contribute their unique strengths to live out our values each day. These are: Move the Ball, Build for the Long Term, Listen Like You’re Wrong, and Measure Through Customer Impact. Joining Alation means being part of a fast-paced, high-growth company where every voice matters, and where we’re shaping the future of data intelligence with AI-ready data. Join us on our journey to build a world where data culture thrives and curiosity is celebrated each day!
Job Description:
The Search Team delivers consumer-facing data insights in the Alation Data Catalog by working on our best-in-class search engine. We are working on bleeding-edge solutions as we integrate machine-learning technologies into our current architecture. Our architecture encompasses the concerns of dealing with big data problems while attaining near real-time performance. While doing this, we cooperate closely with the Product Team and our customers to ensure a first-class experience.This role is a hybrid role (not a remote role) with the expectations of going to work at our HQ office in Redwood City, California, at a minimum of 2x a week.
What you'll do:
Research and design solutions that best-fit customer needs
Work closely and mentor other team members to drive innovative solutions
Design internal and customer-facing APIs that are fast, flexible and reliable
Collaborate with our product design team to provide the highest quality user experience
Make smart scoping and priority decisions to ship fast, impactful code
Work directly with users to integrate feedback into our designs and priorities
Work on and own code that spans both frontend and backend systems
Build and maintain a secure, scalable, high-performance, and fault-tolerant distributed systems
You should have:
Degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
6+ years of experience designing, developing, and shipping software products and services.
Expert proficiency in Python or Java
Proficiency in data modeling for RDBMS or NoSql data systems
Desire to dive into details of complex code that runs at scale via an on-prem delivery model
Ability to translate business requirements and “user needs” into code – experience owning projects or features from planning to release is a plus
Readiness for adaptable and fast-paced, evolving, growing, and dynamic environment
Advanced understanding/experience with OOP in Python or Java
Understanding of the following are major pluses
Elasticsearch
AWS infrastructure
Familiarity with LLMs
Compensation Pay Range:$162,963.00 - $220,000.00
Salary InformationThe base salary range is specific to the United States. The salary of the final candidate selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to internal equity, experience, education, work location, specialty and training. If the final candidate has a different level of experience, the base salary target range may be lower or higher than what is published.Alation, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to that individual’s race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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