Software Engineer - Infrastructure, Data Platform

San Francisco, California, United States

Open 7 months, first seen by us 230 days ago

Pay: $162,000–216,000/year · Base — pay source
Collaborative, Tech-Forward, Cozy office environment in Hayes Valley Compensation Range: The annual base salary range for this position is $162,000 - $216,000* Compensation will vary based on factors including skill level, transferable knowledge, and experience. Note that the above is not the representation of total compensation, which includes our LTI Package as well. In addition to base salary, Baton's full-time employees are eligible for an annual company performance bonuses.
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Basic Job Details Job Type: Full Time Work Model: Hybrid Remote Days: Monday & Friday Office Days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Job Description
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What you’ll work on

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Design and maintain the data streaming and messaging architecture
Own data pipelines end to end, from ingestion to consumption
Develop and maintain data pipelines, data models and API layers
Translate complex data challenges into scalable technical solutions with stakeholders
Align data strategy with business goals as a technical liaison

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Design and maintain a robust data streaming and messaging architecture.

Take charge of the entire data landscape, encompassing near real-time data ingestion, sophisticated processing, and efficient data consumption strategies.

Everything from developing and maintaining data pipelines, enhancing data models, to refining API layers.

Collaborate closely with data stakeholders to simplify and solve complex data challenges, transforming them into scalable and maintainable technical solutions.

Act as a technical liaison to ensure alignment of data strategies with business goals.

What you’ll bring

All qualifications

Core experience

Experience with real-time data systems
Advanced Python coding proficiency
Relational table modeling and event-driven pipeline architecture
Working familiarity with SQL query performance and optimization

Preferred experience

Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
3-5 years of Software Engineering experience, with a preference for backgrounds in event-driven architecture or real-time data streaming

Qualification wording

Demonstrates experience with real-time data systems

Advanced proficiency coding in python

Relational table modeling and Event driven pipeline architecture

Working familiarity with SQL: Query Performance Analysis, Optimization, and Construction

Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field

3-5 years of Software Engineering experience, with a preference for backgrounds in event-driven architecture or real-time data streaming

Education & alternatives

Preferred Qualifications - Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field - 3-5 years of Software Engineering experience, with a preference for backgrounds in event-driven architecture or real-time data streaming

About Baton (A Ryder Technology Lab)

Baton is Ryder’s in-house product development group focused on harnessing emerging technologies to redefine transportation and logistics.

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Data engineers build and run the pipelines that copy data out of apps and outside services into a warehouse or lake, and fix them when a source changes or a load fails.

Expect SQL, Python, a cloud platform, a scheduler such as Airflow, and often tools for large data such as Spark or Kafka.

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Who We Are

Baton is Ryder’s in-house product development group focused on harnessing emerging technologies to redefine transportation and logistics. With $10B in freight under management, our technology reaches every part of the U.S. economy.

We design and ship category-defining software that enables Ryder and its 50,000+ customers—including some of the world’s most well-known brands—to plan and execute freight intelligently, efficiently, and cost-effectively. Our work includes everything from customer-facing software to the data platform that will power the next era of innovation at Ryder.

Baton’s mission: enable supply chain on autopilot.

Ryder acquired Baton in 2022 to power its next wave of digital products. We operate at startup speed, with Fortune 500 reach. If you have a passion for solving complex problems and creating impact for the engine of the American economy, you’ll love it here.

Role: Software Engineer - Infrastructure
Department: Data Platform
Location Hayes Valley, San Francisco, CA

Basic Job Details

Job Type: Full Time
Work Model: Hybrid
Remote Days: Monday & Friday
Office Days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

Job Description

As a Software Engineer on our Data Platform team, you will design, build, and maintain the core data infrastructure that powers Baton's near real-time streaming platform. You'll own data pipelines end to end from ingestion through processing to consumption, and work closely with data stakeholders across engineering, product, and ML to translate complex data challenges into scalable, maintainable solutions.

Baton's data platform is the backbone of intelligent freight operations at Ryder scale, and this role exists to accelerate its growth. You'll take ownership of our streaming and messaging architecture, contribute to data model development, and refine the API layers that surface data across the organization. Working within a high-trust, high-autonomy team, you'll move fast, operate in production from day one, and build systems that directly impact how Ryder and its 50,000+ customers plan and execute freight.

Responsibilities

Design and maintain a robust data streaming and messaging architecture.
Ownership of our near real-time data streaming platform.
Act as a technical liaison to ensure alignment of data strategies with business goals.
Take charge of the entire data landscape, encompassing near real-time data ingestion, sophisticated processing, and efficient data consumption strategies.
Collaborate closely with data stakeholders to simplify and solve complex data challenges, transforming them into scalable and maintainable technical solutions.
Everything from developing and maintaining data pipelines, enhancing data models, to refining API layers.

Required Qualifications

Data Systems Expertise
- Demonstrates experience with real-time data systems
- Relational table modeling and Event driven pipeline architecture
- Working familiarity with SQL: Query Performance Analysis, Optimization, and Construction
Python Proficiency
- Advanced proficiency coding in python

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
3-5 years of Software Engineering experience, with a preference for backgrounds in event-driven architecture or real-time data streaming
Demonstrated interest or experience in the freight and logistics industry, with a keen understanding of its data-driven challenges and opportunities.
Strong foundation in data analytics and big data technologies, with the ability to leverage these skills to drive insights and operational efficiencies.

The Perks

Competitive Base Salary
Annual Company Bonus
Long Term Cash Incentive Plan
401k with Matching
Hybrid Work Schedule
Comprehensive Health Coverage
Hyper-Stable, publicly traded Enterprise
Employee Stock Purchase Program (15% discount to market value)
Collaborative, Tech-Forward, Cozy office environment in Hayes Valley

Compensation Range: The annual base salary range for this position is $162,000 - $216,000*

Compensation will vary based on factors including skill level, transferable knowledge, and experience.
Note that the above is not the representation of total compensation, which includes our LTI Package as well.
In addition to base salary, Baton's full-time employees are eligible for an annual company performance bonuses.

Why You Should Join

Have an immediate impact:
- With Ryder’s existing customer base of 50,000+ companies and an internal headcount of 43,000, the scale and impact of our products will be large and far-reaching, from day one.
Opportunity to grow and lead in a Fortune 500 company:
- You’ll get to work in a rapidly growing, startup-like environment while having the stability and backing of Ryder and its full executive team.
Creative, fast-paced environment to solve impactful problems in Supply Chain:
- We’re going to design completely new tools for an industry that hasn’t been rethought in decades. And to do this, we need people who think differently.

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