Senior Engineer – Data Systems & Platform

Posted 7 Hours Ago
Hiring Remotely in United States of America
Remote or Hybrid
Senior level
Big Data • Cloud • HR Tech • Payments • Software
The largest Direct Employer of Record (EOR)
The Role
Designs and builds production data systems, pipelines, database schemas, analytical models, and internal platforms. Responsibilities include writing tested code, optimizing queries and storage, controlling infrastructure costs, enforcing CI/CD, and implementing data testing, monitoring, and alerting. The role also develops AI and LLM-backed data use cases, including retrieval pipelines, embeddings, vector storage, evaluation harnesses, and agentic workflows.
Summary Generated by Built In

Atlas HXM is the global workforce platform built on compliance. We help companies determine how to engage each member of their workforce and then execute with accountability built in — direct Employer of Record (EOR), Agent of Record (AOR), payroll, and compliance capabilities backed by a decade of practitioner-led expertise. Recognized as a category Leader by NelsonHall and Everest Group, Atlas HXM builds Human Experience Management into everything we do, guided by our "For People, by People" principle.

The future of work is borderless, and so are we. Our people are located around the globe — in the U.S., the UK, India, Colombia, China, and beyond. Diversity and belonging are not just values; they are who we are. 

We are also committed to making a positive impact. Through our Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) impact initiative, we are addressing our environmental footprint and promoting social responsibility. Our impact program is central to our vision and culture, focusing on employee wellness, diversity, charitable work, and ethical corporate governance.

About the Role:

We are looking for a Senior Engineer who views data as a core software engineering discipline, not an exercise in configuring drag-and-drop SaaS vendors. In this role, you won't just glue third-party platforms together; you will own, design, and build the underlying data systems, pipelines, and internal platforms that power our production services and application backend. 

You care deeply about clean code, system performance, cost efficiency, automated testing, and developer experience. You understand when a lightweight query or a simple, well-designed service beats introducing a complex, expensive distributed computing cluster. You choose simple, maintainable systems over over-engineered platforms. 


What You’ll Do:

  • Design, build, and maintain data processing pipelines using modern software engineering practices. 
  • Collaborate with product and backend engineers to design operational database schemas, analytical models, and efficient storage specs optimized for read/write patterns. 
  • Write clean, modular, and well-tested code (SQL, Python, TypeScript or similar)  
  • Audit slow queries, optimize storage formats (e.g., Parquet, Iceberg), tune database indexes, and keep infrastructure compute and storage costs lean and predictable. 
  • Enforce CI/CD and version control across all data systems. 
  • Set up robust automated data testing, alerting, and monitoring to catch system anomalies and data quality regressions before production impact. 

 

What We’re Looking For:

  • 5+ years of professional experience building software in production 
  • Deep understanding of relational database internals (Azure SQL or similar), indexing strategies, and query execution plans, alongside familiarity with column-store formats or distributed storage. 
  • Familiarity with serverless streaming ingestion platforms such as Cloudflare Pipelines — streams, SQL transforms, and Iceberg/Parquet sinks to R2. 
  • Fluency with AI-assisted development tooling (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot) and a track record of using it to ship production code faster without sacrificing quality. 
  • Practical experience building AI/LLM-backed use cases on top of data systems — retrieval pipelines, embeddings and vector storage, evaluation harnesses, or agentic workflows against internal data. 

Nice to Have:

  • Exposure to open-source product analytics and event-tracking platforms (e.g., PostHog). 
  • Familiarity with lightweight analytical processing engines (e.g., DuckDB). 
  • Experience provisioning data infrastructure via code (e.g., Terraform). 
  • Experience with cloud data warehouse and lakehouse platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks). 

This position description may not describe all duties, responsibilities, and skills associated with this position. It is intended to portray the major aspects of the job. Other duties or skills may be required.

What We Offer 

  • The opportunity to work with a purpose — simplifying global expansion across borders and cultures
  • A diverse and inclusive environment
  • Country-specific benefits
  • Flexible PTO
  • Your birthday off and a day for you to volunteer and give back to the organization of your choice
  • Generous Parental Leave Program
  • Growth and development opportunities with access to a top learning content provider
  • The opportunity to challenge yourself in a high-performing organization and leave each day knowing you have made an impact.

Atlas Technology Solutions, Inc. (Atlas HXM) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: Atlas HXM is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Atlas HXM are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Atlas HXM will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Atlas HXM encourages applicants of all ages.

Atlas HXM will provide accommodation on request throughout the recruitment, selection and assessment process for applicants with disabilities.

Hiring decisions are based upon Atlas HXM’s operating needs, and applicant merit including, but not limited to, qualifications, experience, ability, availability, and location.

This role will be subject to a background check under local law after an employment offer has been made. Employment may be subject to results. In addition, references may be requested at the final stage of the process.

Atlas HXM will only email candidates from an “@atlashxm.com” email address. Candidates should ignore communications purporting to be from Atlas HXM that originate from any other email address. Atlas HXM will never ask candidates or employees to purchase gift cards or otherwise make payments in connection with applying for a job with Atlas HXM.

Skills Required

  • 5+ years of professional experience building software in production
  • Deep understanding of relational database internals, including Azure SQL or similar systems
  • Experience with indexing strategies and query execution plans
  • Familiarity with column-store formats or distributed storage
  • Familiarity with serverless streaming ingestion platforms, SQL transforms, and Iceberg or Parquet sinks
  • Fluency with AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, or Copilot
  • Track record of using AI-assisted development tools to ship production code efficiently without sacrificing quality
  • Practical experience building AI or LLM-backed use cases on data systems
  • Experience with retrieval pipelines, embeddings, vector storage, evaluation harnesses, or agentic workflows
  • Exposure to PostHog or similar product analytics and event-tracking platforms
  • Familiarity with DuckDB or similar lightweight analytical processing engines
  • Experience provisioning data infrastructure with Terraform or similar infrastructure-as-code tools
  • Experience with Snowflake, Databricks, or similar cloud data warehouse and lakehouse platforms
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The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
375 Employees
Year Founded: 2015

What We Do

Atlas enables innovative companies to compete in a global economy, believing that businesses should employ whomever they want, wherever the talent exists. As the largest Direct Employer of Record (EOR), Atlas is an expertise-enabled technology platform that delivers flexibility for companies to expand across borders, onboard talent, manage compliance, and pay their global workforce without the need for a local entity or multiple third-party providers. With entities in over 160 countries, Atlas brings localized experience & expertise into an enterprise-grade technology platform that supports thousands of companies and remote teams. Unlike solutions that use third-party providers, the Atlas platform is uniquely designed to deliver end-to-end EOR solutions and improved user experiences, and provide self-service capabilities and real-time insights that lead to improved business outcomes.

Why Work With Us

Every day, we strive to ensure that our people feel inspired, valued, challenged, heard, and most importantly, a sense of belonging. We unlock everyone´s potential by creating an environment with opportunities for them to learn, adapt and be their very best! After all, when you love where you work, who you work with and how you feel,

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