Alation is seeking an independent contributor Software Engineer III to own business-critical components and services, powering key use cases for Alation’s customers. This role offers high ownership and significant business impact, contributing to a future vision loved by customers. Alation, a market-leading Data Intelligence Platform, helps organizations achieve data-driven innovation with self-service analytics, cloud transformation, data governance, and AI-ready data. The company fosters an inclusive, innovative, and collaborative environment, recognized as one of Inc. Magazine's Best Workplaces.
Good To Have:- Experience with Airflow
- Working experience in Kubernetes and/or Docker
- Exposure to data modeling in RDBMS
Must Have:- Own the design, development, and optimization of features and services
- Solve challenging technical problems with minimal guidance
- Develop, maintain and evangelize scalable, maintainable, and resilient source code
- Maintain and improve development best practices, code quality, and testing strategies
- Enhance automation by reducing execution time for faster feedback and reliable regression detection
- Identify technical risks and propose mitigation strategies
- Contribute to architectural discussions and provide input to ensure technical clarity across the team
- 5+ years of professional experience designing, developing, and shipping software products and/or n-tier services
- Proficiency in any object-oriented language, preferably Golang or Python
- Experience in TypeScript
- Experience in developing, deploying, maintaining micro-services
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to learn through collaboration and apply the knowledge to the assigned tasks
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or similar
Perks:- Continuous learning, enrichment and development opportunities
- Competitive pay and health offerings including commuter benefits
- Flexible time off to relax and recharge