Socket · 17 hours ago
Senior Data Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
3+ years expSocket helps developers and security teams enhance their workflow by minimizing security busywork. They are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join their Data Platform team, responsible for designing and maintaining systems that manage billions of records and support real-time analytics for their customers.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud SecurityCyber SecurityDeveloper ToolsInternetOpen SourceSecuritySoftware
Responsibilities
Design and build scalable data pipelines that ingest, process, and transform high-volume event streams and historical data
Develop and maintain APIs that deliver analytics, trend reports, and drill-down capabilities to internal teams and external customers
Build robust infrastructure for data quality monitoring, ensuring accuracy and completeness across customer and artifact datasets
Optimize data storage and query performance using systems like ClickHouse, Kafka, NATS, and PostgreSQL to support real-time and batch use cases
Implement usage tracking, auditing, and event processing systems that provide visibility into platform behavior
Create reliable data ingestion systems for security scan results, SBOM data, and artifact metadata
Build infrastructure for outbound integrations that deliver Socket data to customer systems
Collaborate with product, security research, and engineering teams to understand data needs and deliver solutions that scale
Qualification
Required
3+ years of experience building data pipelines and infrastructure in production environments
Strong proficiency in Node.js and TypeScript for backend development
Experience with streaming data platforms (e.g., Kafka, NATS, RabbitMQ, Kinesis) and event-driven architectures
Hands-on experience with columnar databases and OLAP systems (ClickHouse, BigQuery, Snowflake, DuckDB, or similar)
Solid understanding of data modeling, schema design, and query optimization
Familiarity with cloud data lake technologies (Delta Lake, Iceberg, Parquet, etc.)
Experience building REST APIs and data access layers for analytics use cases
Comfort working with large-scale distributed systems and debugging performance bottlenecks
Strong ownership mindset - you take responsibility for the systems you build and ensure they're reliable
Clear communication skills; you can explain technical trade-offs to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders
Preferred
Experience with time-series data and real-time analytics
Familiarity with security or DevOps tooling ecosystems
Background working with SBOM formats or supply chain security concepts
Experience with data quality frameworks and observability tools
Understanding of multi-tenant architectures and data isolation patterns
Benefits
Market competitive salary bands
Meaningful equity program
Comprehensive health benefits for you and your family
Flexible time-off, holidays, and winter shutdown to rest & recharge
Paid parental leave
Remote-first, with quarterly team off-sites
Company
Socket
Socket is a developer-first security platform that protects your most critical apps from software supply chain attacks.
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$64.6MKey Investors
AbstractAndreessen Horowitz
2024-10-22Series B· $40M
2023-08-01Series A· $20M
2022-05-11Seed· $4.6M
Leadership Team
Feross Aboukhadijeh
Founder & CEO
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