Weights & Biases · 23 hours ago
Staff Data Platform Engineer - Weights & Biases
Bellevue, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$188K/yr - $275K/yrWeights & Biases, acquired by CoreWeave, is creating a powerful end-to-end platform for AI development and deployment. As a Staff Data Platform Engineer, you will build and operate the core data platform that powers analytics and product decisions, collaborating closely with data teams to enhance data quality and scalability.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Big DataSoftwareAI InfrastructureData VisualizationDeveloper ToolsGenerative AIMachine Learning
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Build and operate the core data platform that powers reporting, self-serve analytics, and data-driven product decisions
Lead end-to-end platform initiatives—from design to rollout to operational ownership—balancing performance, cost, reliability, and developer experience
Partner closely with Data Scientists/Analysts and product engineering teams to improve telemetry quality and unlock new use cases on operational data
Design and scale ingestion and transformation systems that keep pace with rapid product growth and an increasingly distributed operational footprint
Build the platform with operability in mind: observability, on-call readiness, incident response, and well-documented runbooks
Participate in the data platform on-call rotation after an onboarding period
Evolve our analytics architecture to effectively support multi-petabyte scale by shifting high-volume workloads to more scalable, cost-effective compute and storage patterns, while maintaining (or improving) query performance and reliability
Unify and standardize ingestion across a growing number of operational databases and deployment environments, enabling consistent governance, and observability as we scale from centralized infrastructure toward customer-dedicated environments
Lay foundations for internal applications (including ML/AI use cases) built on top of trustworthy, governed operational data
Qualification
Required
Deep knowledge (practical and theoretical) of data engineering and the accompanying workflows
History of writing easy-to-follow code and effective documentation for your projects
Expert knowledge of data orchestration / data pipeline tools (dbt, dagster, airflow, etc)
Experience working with large & high demand data warehouses / platforms. Multi-PB scale, with extreme business demand of the systems
Experience evolving architectures as scale changes (e.g., warehouse-only → hybrid / lakehouse-style patterns; storage/compute separation; open table formats)
Expert knowledge and understanding of web apps and best practices for logging and event instrumentation
Ability to clearly communicate your ideas to folks across a range of backgrounds and levels of technical knowledge
Preferred
Autonomous: If you work well in a self-directed environment, and proactively find ways to improve processes and collaborate with team members or engaged users, your initiative will really shine in this role
Outgoing and friendly: You'll love this role if you enjoy connecting with real users day to day, helping them solve issues and understand good patterns for using our tools. Day to day you'll be answering questions and requests with a kind, thoughtful tone that makes users feel appreciated and connected to our team
Theoretical or practical knowledge of machine learning workflows and terminology
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision insurance - 100% paid for by CoreWeave
Company-paid Life Insurance
Voluntary supplemental life insurance
Short and long-term disability insurance
Flexible Spending Account
Health Savings Account
Tuition Reimbursement
Ability to Participate in Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
Mental Wellness Benefits through Spring Health
Family-Forming support provided by Carrot
Paid Parental Leave
Flexible, full-service childcare support with Kinside
401(k) with a generous employer match
Flexible PTO
Catered lunch each day in our office and data center locations
A casual work environment
A work culture focused on innovative disruption
Company
Weights & Biases
Weights & Biases is a developer-first MLOps platform that builds machine learning performance visualization tools.
Founded in 2017
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$250MKey Investors
Daniel Gross,Nat FriedmanNVIDIABond,Felicis
2025-03-04Acquired
2023-09-01Secondary Market
2023-08-09Series Unknown· $50M
Leadership Team
Chris Van Pelt
Co-Founder & CISO
Shawn Lewis
Founder/CTO
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