Senior Data / Backend Engineer

Job Summary

We are looking for a Senior Data / Backend Engineer to work as a member of our core development team as we scale to 1k+ integrated clients. You have experience constructing large scale data pipelines, orchestrating workflows for production and analytics, and using event-driven techniques for near real-time processing. You love working across systems, account for the ramifications of design choices, and identify efficiency improvements.

About Us

Malachyte is building a frontier personalization engine that adapts the internet in real time — making every visitor feel understood from their very first click. Our founding team brings decades of deep expertise from roles at Spotify, Priceline, BCG, Google and more.

Malachyte's journey starts with e-commerce companies who rely on their websites to help consumers discover and satisfy their intent. Our innovative solutions are a blend of advanced infrastructure, deep learning, and next-gen user experience to deliver value within weeks.

Once set-up, our technology instantly personalizes every experience in real-time, making browsing and searching more relevant for every visitor from their first interaction (no login or history required!).

We're still in the early stages of company building — this is for you if you want to drive impact and define what the next stage of your career will look like.

Key Responsibilities

• Evolve our engine to support new types of data ingress (e.g. third-party platforms, agentic protocols, etc)
• Build, operate, and monitor data pipelines on this platform for cost and quality
• Engage with clients for initial integration and support
• Collaborating across domains — ML, frontend, etc — to ensure near real-time experiences

Requirements

Compensation & Benefits