Job Summary

We are looking for a 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.

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.

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!).

Come help us build the internet’s real-time brain.

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

• Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of data engineering experience in production environments of batch and streaming pipelines at scale (e.g. millions to billions of rows, high throughput)

• 3+ years of experience with workflow orchestration tools (e.g. Airflow)

• 2+ years of experience deploying microservice architecture using Kubernetes orchestration

• Strong Python background and familiarity with Google Cloud Platform

• Strong communication and engagement skills to work with non-technical people

Ideal Qualifications

• Expertise with Shopify and/or Commerce Cloud data platforms

• Expertise within Google Cloud Platform, preference for experience with multiple cloud providers (e.g. AWS & Azure)

• Familiarity with best practices on data governance

• Familiarity with basic ML / AI concepts (i.e. embeddings, inference, etc)

• Past experience mentoring and/or managing more junior engineers

What We Offer

• Compensation: 150k-200k

• Equity is also part of the offer, based on experience

• 100% Health insurance for you and all dependents via the Gold Plan, with the option to

• buy up to the Platinum Plan

• 4% match for your 401K

• Transit benefits of up to $200 / month

• 20 days of paid leave along with 5 days of sick leave per year

• Perks including company on-sites and remote working for at least 3 days / week