Staff Platform Engineer – Data Pipelines / AI Systems

Colossus Technologies Group is seeking a Staff Platform Engineer to take ownership of a large-scale backend data pipeline that powers a next-generation data visualization platform. The role involves building systems that ingest, normalize, and process data from multiple sources while collaborating with the engineering team to drive the product toward MVP.

Responsibilities:

• Owning and evolving a large-scale data pipeline
• Building systems that ingest, normalize, and process data from multiple sources
• Designing backend services that support complex query workflows
• Working with AI-powered features embedded directly into the product
• Using AI coding assistants to accelerate development and move quickly in a large codebase
• Collaborating with the founders and core engineering team to drive the product toward MVP

Requirements:

• Experience with building production-grade data pipelines
• Backend systems engineering (Node.js preferred)
• Processing and normalizing data from multiple systems
• Working with large codebases and complex backend systems
• Using AI coding tools to write and maintain code
• Building products that leverage AI capabilities
• Comfortable operating in a staff-level role
• US Citizen required