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Staff Data and Platform Engineer
New York City, NY, United States
Source: Avantos AI careers · View original posting
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Staff Data & Platform Engineer
📍 NYC (Hybrid) or US Remote | Competitive + Equity
About Avantos
Avantos is building the AI-native operating system for financial services
— transforming fragmented data into a single, intelligent system that powers workflows, automation, and decision-making.
We’re a product-led, fast-moving team at the intersection of AI, fintech, and modern infrastructure.
The Role
We’re looking for a Staff Data & Platform Engineer to build the data and core platform and infrastructure layer that powers our AI systems.
This is not just about pipelines — it’s about creating the systems, tooling, and abstractions that enable engineers and AI workflows to move fast, safely, and reliably.
What You’ll Do
- Design and implement core backend systems and integrations that power the product.
- Design and build our data platform
- (orchestration, pipelines, developer workflows)
- Create scalable systems for data ingestion, transformation, and access
- Design data models and APIs that won’t collapse under growth.
- Make sane decisions about schemas, indexes, migrations, and performance.
- Own infrastructure for data + AI workloads
- (containers, orchestration, cloud services)
- Enable self-serve data workflows for engineering and product teams
- Improve observability, reliability, and performance across the data stack
- Support
- AI/ML systems
- (embeddings, vector data, model pipelines)
- Build tooling for document processing, metadata, and normalization
What We’re Looking For
- 7+ years in data engineering, platform engineering, or backend infrastructure
- A track record of shipping and owning production systems.
- Strong systems thinking (not just pipelines — platform mindset
- )
- Backend system design and API design
- Data modeling and relational databases
- Performance
- , reliability, and failure modes
- Proficiency in Golang, SQL, Terraform, AWS
- Comfort in a fast-moving startup environment
- Bonus
- LLMs / RAG, vector search, fintech or regulated systems
- Have startup or early-stage experience.
Why Join
- Build the foundation layer of an AI-native product
- High ownership + direct impact
- Work where data, platform, and AI converge
The Fit
You’re someone who doesn’t just move data — you build the systems that make data usable at scale.
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