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Harnham ยท 1 day ago

Lead Data Platform Engineer

positionAustin, Texas Metropolitan Area
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
money$175K/yr - $200K/yr
date5+ years exp

Harnham is a company focused on data and analytics, and they are seeking a Lead Data Platform Engineer to oversee the architecture and development of a high-performance compute platform. This role involves both technical leadership and hands-on engineering work, aimed at supporting Simulation and ML engineering teams.

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Hiring Manager
Gabriella Varela
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Responsibilities

Design, build, and scale a user-friendly compute platform supporting Simulation and ML workflows across the organization
Lead architecture design and development of distributed data processing infrastructures, balancing performance and cost optimization
Drive technical direction for infrastructure engineering, establishing coding best practices and system design patterns
Manage and mentor an infrastructure engineering team while remaining deeply hands-on in implementation and troubleshooting
Optimize distributed computing frameworks for cost and performance, ensuring efficient resource utilization at scale
Collaborate cross-functionally with Simulation, ML, and Product teams to translate requirements into scalable infrastructure solutions
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, monitoring systems, and observability tools for platform reliability

Qualification

Distributed computing frameworksPythonC++Technical leadershipData processing infrastructuresCost optimizationCI/CD pipelinesMentoring engineersObservability toolsSensor data pipelinesGPU optimization

Required

5+ years of professional software engineering experience with production-level distributed systems
Extensive experience in Python and C++ for building high-performance data processing pipelines
Deep hands-on experience with distributed computing frameworks (e.g., Spark, Ray, Dask, Kubernetes, or similar)
Proven track record optimizing cost and performance within large-scale compute environments
Technical leadership experience: architecture design, code reviews, mentoring engineers, and setting engineering standards
Experience building and scaling data processing infrastructures that support ML training, simulation, or analytics workloads
Demonstrated ability to lead engineering teams while maintaining significant hands-on contributions to the codebase

Preferred

Experience working with sensor data pipelines (e.g., LiDAR, camera, radar) or robotics data workflows
Background in autonomous systems, robotics, or related compute-intensive domains
Familiarity with GPU optimization and accelerated computing frameworks

Company

Harnham

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Harnham has actively chosen to focus on Data and Analytics.
dateFounded in 2006
location
New York, New York, USA
people-size201-500 employees
web-link
https://www.harnham.com/us

H1B Sponsorship

Harnham has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2024 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
unknown
Key Investors
BGF Ventures
2022-05-01Seed

Leadership Team

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David Farmer
Chief Executive Officer
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Stephen Lawrence
CFO
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Recent News

Harnham
Harnham secures investment from BGF | Harnham US Recruitment post
2025-02-05
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Notizie da: Nordic Capital, Bridgepoint Development Capital, PAI Partners, BlackRock, IP Group, MMC, Octopus, Pelican Capital, BGF e altri
2022-05-09
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