Data Platform Engineer

← All rolesData Platform EngineerLocation San Francisco, CA or Remote (US) Type Full-time Compensation $170K–$230KAbout The RoleYou will own the systems that pull in millions of documents from tens of thousands of sources and turn them into clean, structured, queryable data. This is the core of what we do: ingestion that stays fast, correct, and current as volume grows. It is unglamorous, high-leverage work, and it is the foundation every one of our platforms is built on.About NimbleFigNimbleFig is a data company. We acquire and operate data platforms that turn the world's public information into clean, structured, real-time data for people and machines, across news, places, government, and markets. Most of it is written for human eyes, scattered across millions of sources, and out of date the moment it ships. Our job is to make each part of that record complete, current, and ready to query. We are a small, senior team, and the work is measured by one thing: whether the data is right, current, and easy to use.What you'll doDesign, build, and operate ingestion pipelines across tens of thousands of changing sourcesKeep data fresh, deduplicated, and correct as volume and source count growDesign storage and indexing that stays fast to query at scaleBuild the observability to know, quickly, when a source breaks or driftsOwn reliability and the unglamorous correctness work that keeps the data trustworthyWork across the stack when it matters, from fetchers to schemas to query pathsWhat we look forStrong backend engineering, fluent in Python and SQLExperience with large-scale data pipelines, distributed systems, or high-volume ETLA real bias for correctness, and the instinct to measure before trustingComfortable owning a system end to end, from fetch to stored recordBonus pointsExperience with search or vector indexes at scaleWorked with web-scale crawling, feeds, or document parsingA history of hunting down the gnarly, intermittent data-quality bugCompensationDepending on experience, the expected pay range in California is $170K–$230K.What we offerCompetitive pay, in the range listed aboveRemote across the US, or in person in San FranciscoReal ownership: you will ship work that customers depend onA small, senior team with high standards and little processHow we hireWe read every application. If there is a fit, expect a short intro call, a practical exercise rooted in the kind of work you would actually do, and a few conversations with the people you would work with. A link to something you have built beats a resume.Apply for this role