Staff, Backend Engineer - Catalog

DataHub is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to lead development of the Platform framework, the core that connects diverse data systems and powers metadata collection capabilities. The role involves building scalable, fault-tolerant ingestion systems, clean APIs, event-driven architectures, schema mapping, and versioning for AI assets. The ideal candidate has 8+ years building production-grade distributed systems, advanced Python and API design expertise, and experience with high-scale data or E2

8+ years building production-grade distributed systems; advanced Python and API design; experience with high-scale data processing or integration frameworks; strong systems knowledge and distributed architecture; proven track record solving complex technical challenges; built and maintained online applications serving live traffic at scale (100+ QPS); set up monitoring and alerting; designed indexing, storage, and data architectures; designed and scaled distributed systems; hands-on experience d