Principal Software Engineer - Platform

Overview

WHO WE ARE Most companies are racing to deploy AI, but very few have the foundation to make it work reliably. Atlan is building that missing layer: the context layer for enterprise AI. We connect the business context behind data so humans and agents can operate with far more accuracy and confidence.

What you'll do

• transforming how data platforms power the next generation of AI.
• We're looking for a 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.
• You'll work on systems handling billions of assets, serving 100K+ users, with 99.99% availability targets.
• This is a high-agency role where you'll define technical direction, drive multi-quarter initiatives, and pioneer AI-native development practices.
• 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 (structured, unstructured, vector, graph)
• Solve complex multi-tenant isolation and scaling problems for enterprise SaaS

Requirements

• CI/CD pipeline design and GitOps practices Who You Are
• You embrace AI-native development and want to pioneer new engineering workflows
• You have high agency and take ownership of ambiguous problems
• You're a strong async communicator who can influence without authority
• You're comfortable with fast-changing priorities in a scale-up environment
• You act as a force multiplier-elevating the technical bar for those around you WHY ATLAN?
• Joining Atlan means being part of a global movement to help data teams do their life’s best work.
• Here’s what you can expect:

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