Platform Architect (Data Platform) at Atlan

Atlan

India·4d ago

Mid LevelFull-timeRustAWSGCPAzureKubernetesMicroservicesCI/CDGitAI

Salary Range

$20,400 - $27,600 /year

Estimated

This salary is estimated based on similar roles. The actual salary may vary.

About the Role

Atlan is building the context layer for AI agents and applications, transforming how data platforms power the next generation of AI. We're looking for a Staff and Principal Engineer to help architect and scale the foundational data plane that makes it easy to build apps, agents, and solutions for the AI era.

Key Responsibilities

→Design and build platform services—APIs, infrastructure components, runtime systems, and ingestion frameworks—at enterprise scale
→Architect the context store that transforms lakehouse infrastructure into AI-ready systems with multimodal capabilities
→Solve complex multi-tenant isolation and scaling problems for enterprise SaaS
→Design data contracts governing ingestion, validation, processing, routing, storage, and serving across heterogeneous systems
→Own critical shared infrastructure including lakehouse, vector stores, graph databases, and OLTP systems
→Drive technical standards through RFCs, architecture reviews, and documentation
→Mentor senior engineers and influence architecture decisions across teams
→Write production code using AI-assisted development tools
→Debug distributed systems issues across Kubernetes, workflow orchestration, and microservices

Requirements

✓8+ years in platform engineering, infrastructure, or backend systems at a SaaS company
✓Experience building enterprise-scale distributed systems at scale
✓Deep expertise in multi-tenant architectures and tenant isolation strategies
✓Strong Kubernetes, containerization, and cloud infrastructure skills
✓Hands-on experience with distributed systems patterns
✓Track record of driving multi-quarter technical initiatives from concept through production at scale
✓Lakehouse architectures
✓Vector stores
✓Graph databases
✓Streaming systems