Software Engineer (Data Platform)

Join Gecko, a company dedicated to revolutionizing industrial facilities with a unified knowledge system. As a Software Engineer on the Software Platform team, you will lead the evolution of Rolodex, our central data platform, and shape the future of our core infrastructure. You will work with cutting-edge technologies and have a direct impact on the speed and efficiency of our product development.

• Lead the evolution of Rolodex, the central data platform, by rebuilding its architecture for scalability and performance.
• Design and optimize query abstractions and smart routing for heavy workloads, ensuring high data performance.
• Establish productized patterns for cross-cutting data needs like schemas, data modeling, chunked uploads, and pipelines.
• Ability to own and execute long-lived technical projects, coordinating across teams and contributing to critical architectural decisions
• Open-mindedness, intellectual curiosity, and strong problem-solving skills
• Experience designing secure, user-friendly APIs that enable intuitive data interaction
• Exceptional communication skills and a passion for Developer Experience (DevEx); you care deeply about how other engineers use the systems you build
• 5+ years of hands-on software development experience in a production environment
• Expertise in writing clean, maintainable code, with a focus on backend infrastructure, databases, or developer tooling
• High self-motivation and a passion for self-directed learning
• Excited to dive into new technologies and embrace strong DevOps practices, treating operational resilience and automation as core engineering challenges
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a closely related field (or equivalent practical experience)
• Real-world experience building, maintaining, or scaling central datastores, knowledge graphs, or shared data platforms
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform) and managing cloud deployments in GCP or AWS
• Familiarity with complex authorization and permissioning systems
• Understanding of data pipelines and data processing infrastructure
• Strong judgment around data modeling, storage formats, access patterns, and developer ergonomics