About the jobThe Opportunity at Altana The Engineering team is responsible for building out the platforms, API’s, services, workflows, and logical architectures for bringing this vision to life. We are creating a platform fundamentally driven by AI, which scales to a massive trove of data, and a diverse customer base; it is a complex system that will stretch engineering in many directions. You’ll work closely with our Data Scientists on projects to analyze and observe world-scale datasets, write code that can scale to produce never-before-seen insights, and construct APIs to deliver our product vision. Your Responsibilities Ingest product requirements, define technical requirements, and design practical, iterative technology designs that achieve the goal while fitting into our overall technical and product roadmaps Personally develop and deploy services creating and supporting our overall architecture Build and maintain distributed data processing and machine learning pipelines Analyze and propose technical solutions to invent, enable, and enhance our product offerings Be responsible for automating, testing, and deploying your work Review the code and technical designs authored by your fellow team members, and hold a high bar for quality Mentor junior developers and help them level up their skills About You BS or MS degree in Computer Science, or equivalent experience 8+ years of real-world professional experience writing back end or data-driven software in demanding environments You’ve deployed production code and services to cloud-hosted environments You have demonstrated experience delivering incremental releases from proof-of-concept to MVP to production Self-starter with demonstrated experience working on large, complex problems You care deeply about engineering excellence, clean code, and knowledge-sharing You have strong written and verbal communication skills Nice to have, but not required Experience with Python Machine Learning toolsets (Numpy, Pandas, Dedupe) Experience with container technologies like Docker and Kubernetes Technologies we love to use at Altana Languages: Python, PySpark Tools: Docker, Git, Kubernetes, Swagger/OpenAPI, AWS/Azure, MLFlow, Celery Datastores: Databricks and Delta Lakes This role is remote, based in the United States or United Kingdom, with the option to work from one of our hubs in New York City, Boston, Washington D.C, or London. Equal Opportunity Statement At Altana, we believe that a diverse workforce enables greater creativity, performance, and adaptability. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and welcome you to join us as you are. Our employment opportunities and decisions are based on business needs and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, family care or medical leave status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by the laws or regulations in the areas in which we operate. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, in any situation.