Software Engineer - Data Stores Senior to Staff Level
Software Engineer - Data Stores Senior to Staff Level
Posted on :
16-03-2025
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Monthly Salary
$ 120600 - 233000
Vacancy
1 Vacancy
Posted on :
16-03-2025
Job Description
About Insight M
At Insight M we combine innovative aerospace systems with advanced data science. Unlike traditional aerospace companies we sell information not hardware we operate our sensors costeffectively at continental scale to produce novel data streams about pressing global problems.
We call that a good start.
As a team we love science and engineering we love getting our hands dirty with hardware and software and we love seeing our work make a difference in the real world.
Weve created a diverse collaborative supportive and fun environment based on integrity and treating people right. So no matter your sex gender sexual identity gender identity race age beliefs sexual orientation or disabilities we welcome you and would like to work with you. :
Its never boring its always challenging and were usually laughing.
A note of encouragement: If you dont meet 100 of the qualifications below you should still seriously consider applying. Studies show that you can still be considered for a role if you meet just 50 of the roles requirements.
Individuals with a disability are encouraged to contact to request assistance with your application and accommodations in advance of your interview.
Software Engineering at Insight M
Everything that Insight M does is driven by software from recording sensor data while flying at 6000 to ephemeral highscale cloudnative data processing to computeraided GIS analysis to using machinelearning to extract structured information from geopixels.
The software engineering team is involved in every step of our process building the automation that allows Insight M to not only image things that humans have never seen before but to do it reliably repeatedly inexpensively and quickly. (Yes you can have all four).
We work primarily in Python with a smattering of Bash SQL Terraform and Typescript when it makes sense.
We work on singleboardcomputers field laptops in virtualized cloud environments in containers inside of web browsers and even inside lab automation frameworks.
We practice compositional engineering tying together disparate pieces of technology to create novel artifacts that solve realworld problems.
We practice continuous integration and deployment automated testing and have a growing monorepo.
Salary Range
Nationwide Range for Senior to Staff Level
$120600 $233000 base USD/year bonus equity 401k (no match)
To avoid bias and create an equitable salary structure we are intentional about our pay strategy at Insight M. We base compensation on the current position (role and skill level) and location. Since many of our roles are remote we create anational rangefor our open positions built to cover both low and highcostofliving locations. If you live in a lowcost area the locationspecific range will fall towards the lower end of the nationwide range. If you live in a highcostofliving area the locationspecific range will be on the higher end of the nationwide range.
Responsibilities
- Ensure our large PostgreSQL/PostGIS database cluster is operating reliably and efficiently.
- Ensure application developers and data analysts are well prepared to make effective use of our databases and data stores.
- Analyze and optimize our data access patterns and storage.
- Effectively represent the systems perspective in collaborations on managing our data lifecycle.
- Design/Architect new datastore and analytics solutions opening up new avenues of data analysis potential.
Required
- A detailed understanding of how modern SQL and NoSQL databases work and their tradeoffs including query storage and communication.
- A software development background ideally in Python.
- Knowledge of database security best practices.
- Experience analyzing and optimizing database schemas queries and supporting platforms.
- Experience with PostgreSQL PostGIS queries and schemas.
- Experience working with SQL ORMs and other means of database access.
- Experience operating scalable reliable database management systems in the cloud.
- Ability to offer other developers expert consultations on database issues as well as directly address database issues yourself.
- The ability to learn quickly in a selfguided manner much of what we do is solving new problems by integrating one or more pieces of new technology.
- A desire to solve realworld problems over working on technical problems in isolation none of our work fits in neat boxes. Instead we have a team that is focused on the impact our work can have on the future of life on the planet and prioritizes realworld progress over problemfocus purity.
- A belief in modern development practices we do things like code reviews unit testing minimalviable products and fast development iteration. We eschew the zealous practice of any developmentprocess religion but we do pick and choose techniques that help us write better software.
Desired
- Experience defining database best practices and teaching classes on them.
- Experience building internal userfacing applications.
- Detailed domain knowledge in geospatial analysis.
- Experience working in a resourceconstrained startup environment.
- Complementary experience such as: site reliability engineering systems administration technical consulting technical instruction.
- Familiarity with tools we commonly use such as: Bazel Rancher/Docker Bash Ansible Terraform CircleCI NumPy Jupyter notebooks.
Life at Insight M
A few important facts about working at Insight M:
We provide health dental and vision insurance including subsidized coverage for dependents with HSA and FSA options. We have a 401K shortterm and longterm disability life insurance an Employee Assistance Program and more perks.
We think deathmarch hours are a bad way to run a company. We expect something approximating a 40hour workweek but mostly we just care that your work gets done. No really. (Full disclosure: we occasionally put in some extra hours during crunch periods but that is the exception not the norm).
We do not track vacation time nor do we have set hours to be in the office. Instead we encourage taking real vacations mental health days leaving early to pick up the kids working from home timeshifting commutes staying home when youre sick ducking out to the gym we believe work time should be flexible.
Aside from hardware and flight operations and some gotomarket roles we have transitioned to 100 remote work and plan to continue having remote positions in perpetuity.
(We love it when kids make a cameo in a video call.
Insight M is an equalopportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race color sex religion sexual orientation national origin disability genetic information pregnancy or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal state or local laws.
This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization including hiring recruiting promotion termination layoff recall leave of absence compensation benefits training and apprenticeship. Insight M makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications merit and business needs at the time.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
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