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About the role

The Staff Software Engineer will join the Loading Engineering team, shaping the architecture of Ocient’s Loading and Transformation platforms that enable massive‑scale data solutions. The role involves leading technical direction, collaborating with customers and cross‑functional teams, and mentoring engineers to ensure petabyte‑scale reliability and performance.

About the company

Ocient builds the OcientAIQ™ ecosystem delivering trusted agentic AI solutions at petabyte scale for customers that protect networks, secure nations, and power the global economy. Founded in 2016 by the creators of Cleversafe (acquired by IBM), the Chicago‑headquartered, carbon‑neutral company operates with a remote‑first global team and is backed by investors such as Greycroft, OCA Ventures, In‑Q‑Tel and Buoyant Ventures.

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant industry experience with proven technical leadership across multiple teams or large, complex systems
• Deep, expert‑level computer science fundamentals and systems design skills
• Extensive experience architecting and delivering high‑performance, high‑availability distributed systems in modern C++ and/or Java at production scale
• Demonstrated ability to independently own, communicate, and de‑risk ambiguous, large‑scale technical problems with organization‑wide impact
• Deep working knowledge of Linux, networking, and databases, including performance and reliability tradeoffs at scale
• 8+ years of relevant industry experience with a track record of setting technical direction across an engineering organization
• Expert‑level coding capabilities in both C++ and Java
• Polyglot skill set with ability to move fluidly across domains and problem spaces to unblock teams
• Proven experience architecting, building, and evolving end‑to‑end customer‑facing systems at massive scale, influencing engineering standards and practices
• Experience mentoring and growing senior engineers into technical leaders