Senior Software Engineer - AI Agents

Summary

Join Datafold, a fast-growing Series A startup, as a backend (or full-stack) engineer to contribute to the development and scaling of the Datafold Migration Agent (DMA), an AI-powered data migration tool. You will drive the development of DMA, designing, developing, and maintaining backend systems focused on AI-driven SQL translation and data comparison. Collaboration with customers to refine features and make strategic technical decisions for scalability and performance is crucial. You will take ownership of projects end-to-end, troubleshooting and resolving complex challenges. The ideal candidate possesses 5+ years of software engineering experience with a strong backend focus and proficiency in Python. Datafold offers a fully remote work environment.

Requirements

• Experience: 5+ years as a software engineer with a strong backend focus
• Tech Stack: Proficiency in Python is required
• Ownership: Proven ability to manage projects end-to-end, from design through deployment
• Startup Mindset: Thoughtful about balancing speed, quality, and business impact

Responsibilities

• Drive the development of DMA, shaping both the technical and architectural foundation for a product that combines AI and data engineering to solve complex migration challenges
• Design, develop, and maintain backend systems focused on AI-driven SQL translation and cross-database data comparison
• Collaborate with early customers to refine features and iterate toward product-market fit
• Make strategic technical decisions to ensure DMA is scalable, robust, and optimized for high-performance data migration
• Take ownership of projects end-to-end, troubleshooting and resolving complex challenges in real time to deliver high-quality, impactful results

Preferred Qualifications

Tech Stack: experience building with LLMs and/or JavaScript/TypeScript is a plus

Benefits

Fully remote team with employees across the US and EU