# Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform at Parafin

- Company: Parafin
- What the company does: Parafin partners with platforms to deliver seamless, flexible access to financing, giving small businesses the capital they need to grow with confidence. Backed by Redpoint.
- Company website: https://www.parafin.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $215K to $275K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-02-13
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/parafin/1c9b812f-4803-49e6-9439-023f7df13280
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/parafin-senior-software-engineer-data-platform/

## About the role

Design and build robust, highly scalable data pipelines and lakehouse infrastructure with PySpark, Databricks, and Airflow on AWS. Improve the data platform development experience for Engineering, Data Science, and Product by creating intuitive abstractions, self‑service tooling, and clear documentation.

## What they're looking for

- 4+ years of experience in software engineering with a strong background in data infrastructure, pipelines, and distributed systems
- Advanced proficiency in Python and SQL
- Hands-on Spark development experience
- Expertise with modern cloud data stacks—AWS (S3, RDS), Databricks, and Airflow—and lakehouse architectures
- Hands‑on experience with foundational data‑infrastructure technologies such as Hadoop, Hive, Kafka (or similar streaming platforms), Delta Lake/Iceberg, and distributed query engines like Trino/Presto
- Familiarity with ingestion frameworks, developer‑experience tooling, and best practices for data versioning, lineage, partitioning, and clustering

Tags: Engineering