Design, implement, and maintain scalable and reliable data infrastructure in GCP.
Build and optimize data pipelines fed by blockchain indexers to support our blockchain explorer, API, and analytics.
Design data models that effectively handle the unique privacy and cryptographic constraints of Aleo’s zero-knowledge network architecture.
Own, develop, and optimize APIs that serve data directly to our mobile privacy wallets and external products.
Manage and optimize database technologies, with a focus on Postgres and BigQuery.
Ensure data quality, reliability, and observability through monitoring, logging, and automated alerting.
Collaborate with product and engineering teams to understand requirements and deliver high-performance APIs.
Identify opportunities to optimize the performance and cost of data platforms.
Utilize infrastructure-as-code (Terraform and Helm) to deploy and manage data environments.
Help define the technical vision and evolution of our data platform and architecture.

6+ years of experience in a Data Platform, Data Engineering, or Core Backend role managing production data systems at scale.
Strong proficiency in Node.js / TypeScript for API development and Python for data scripting.
Expert-level SQL and deep experience optimizing relational databases (Postgres) and cloud data warehouses (BigQuery).
Proficiency with cloud infrastructure automation, specifically Terraform and Kubernetes (GKE).
Excellent communication skills with a track record of taking end-to-end ownership of critical technical initiatives.

Senior Data Platform Engineer

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