Data Engineer

About the role

WHO ARE WE?

MISSION

Altimate AI, founded in 2022 in San Francisco, is revolutionizing enterprise data operations through the power of AI. Our mission is to alleviate the burden on overworked and understaffed enterprise data teams by providing innovative AI-driven solutions that automate and accelerate a wide range of data tasks. Our flagship product, DataPilot, offers advanced data automation capabilities, while our new DataMates technology brings the concept of agentic AI to data operations, acting as virtual teammates for data professionals. Our solutions seamlessly fit into existing tools like VSCode https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=innoverio.vscode-dbt-power-user, Git, and Slack, performing tasks ranging from data documentation to performance optimization.

By leveraging a proprietary framework that combines multiple language models and a custom-built knowledge graph, we enable contextually aware AI agents that integrate seamlessly into existing workflows. Our solutions, including ambient AI for continuous monitoring and optimization, are designed to meet the growing demands of data operations, business intelligence, and analytics in an era of ever-increasing data volumes. Used by thousands of users across the world, and backed by prominent investors , we're positioned at the forefront of the AI-powered data engineering revolution.

You can read more about us in a recently published venture beat article https://venturebeat.com/ai/how-agentic-ai-could-improve-enterprise-data-operations/.

TEAM

As a team, we are Silicon Valley veterans who previously created category-defining data and AI products loved by thousands of companies worldwide. We have experienced the journey of a small startup to IPO very closely. We have started on a similar journey again and are backed by prominent advisors and VC firms with multi-billion dollar portfolios.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

We're in search of a Data Engineer who brings a passion for innovation and problem-solving, not limited to traditional data engineering. This role is for those with deep expertise in building large scale data pipelines, SQL optimization, and cloud infrastructure, excited to design and build the backbone of our AI-powered data solutions. The ideal candidate will play a crucial role in enhancing our AI capabilities, developing high-performance data systems, and integrating advanced AI using the product into thousands of data teams' daily workflows.

Qualifications:

- 3-5 years of experience in data engineering, with a focus on building scalable data pipelines and systems

- Strong proficiency in Python and SQL

- Extensive experience with SQL query profiling, optimization, and performance tuning, preferably with Snowflake

- Deep understanding of SQL Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) and experience working with SQL parsers (e.g., sqlglot) for generating column-level lineage and dynamic ETLs

- Experience in building data pipelines using Airflow or dbt