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Senior Software Engineer- Backend

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Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Senior level
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Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Senior level
The Senior Software Engineer will design, develop, and optimize software features and services, focusing on solving technical challenges and reducing inefficiencies while owning business-critical components.
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Customers trust the Alation Data Intelligence Platform for self-service analytics, cloud transformation, data governance, and AI-ready data, fostering data-driven innovation at scale. With more than $340M in funding – valued at over $1.7 billion and nearly 600 customers, including 40% of the Fortune 100 — Alation helps organizations realize value from data and AI initiatives.

Alation has been recognized in 2024 as one of Inc. Magazine's Best Workplaces for the fifth time, a testament to our commitment to creating an inclusive, innovative, and collaborative environment. 

Collaboration is at the forefront of everything we do. We strive to bring diverse perspectives together and empower each team member to contribute their unique strengths to live out our values each day. These are: Move the Ball, Build for the Long Term, Listen Like You’re Wrong, and Measure Through Customer Impact. 

Joining Alation means being part of a fast-paced, high-growth company where every voice matters, and where we’re shaping the future of data intelligence with AI-ready data. 

Join us on our journey to build a world where data culture thrives and curiosity is celebrated each day!

Job Description:

About the Role

Independent contributor role who is the squad’s technical owner. Opportunity to own business critical components and services, powering  key use cases for Alation’s customers. The role is one of high ownership, large business impact and executing on a future vision that will be loved by the customers.

What you'll be doing

  • Own the design, development, and optimization of features and services

  • Solve critical technical challenges to help faster and reliable delivery of software

  • Reduce technical debt and inefficiencies.

  • Develop, maintain and evangelize scalable, maintainable, and resilient source code

  • Create tools, automation, and processes that make daily development smoother

  • Work closely with the product team to suggest, analyze and identify innovations and resolve product challenges

You should have

  • 8+ years of professional experience designing, developing, and shipping software products and/or n-tier services

  • Proficiency in any object-oriented language, preferably Golang, Python or Java

  • Experience in developing, deploying, maintaining micro-services

  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills

  • Ability to learn through collaboration and apply the knowledge to the assigned tasks

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or similar

  • A Big Plus

  • Experience with Airflow, Kafka

  • Working experience in Kubernetes and/or Docker

  • Exposure to data modeling in RDBMS

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Alation, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to that individual’s race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.                                   
 

The Company will strive to provide reasonable accommodations to permit qualified applicants who have a need for an accommodation to participate in the hiring process (e.g., accommodations for a job interview) if so requested.  
 

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Top Skills

Airflow
Docker
Go
Java
Kafka
Kubernetes
Python
Rdbms

Alation Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IND Office

20th floor, Tower B, World Trade Centre, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, 600096

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