Senior Software Engineer or Staff Engineer- Ingestion Framework

DataHub is an AI & Data Context Platform adopted by over 3000 enterprises including Apple CVS Health Netflix and Visa. Innovated jointly with a thriving open-source community of 13000+ members DataHub's metadata graph provides in-depth context of AI and data assets with best-in-class scalability and extensibility. The company's enterprise SaaS offering DataHub Cloud delivers a fully managed solution with AI-powered discovery observability and governance capabilities. Organizations rely on DataHub solutions to accelerate time-to-value from their data investments ensure AI system reliability and implement unified governance enabling AI & data to work together and bring order to data chaos. Help build the ingestion engine behind DataHub’s trusted context layer for data and AI. You’ll make it easier for enterprises to connect the systems that power their business—capturing the metadata lineage usage signals and operational context that people and AI agents need to make reliable decisions. DataHub’s ingestion framework already powers metadata collection across a broad modern data stack this role will expand and evolve that foundation with deeper integrations cloud-native execution and AI-assisted capabilities. datahub

What you’ll do

Build and evolve our Python-based metadata-ingestion framework enabling rich ingestion of usage statistics end-to-end lineage schemas operational metadata quality signals and business context. Design and ship high-quality connectors for the modern data and AI ecosystem—including platforms such as Snowflake Redshift Kafka Databricks and emerging infrastructure. Make ingestion cloud-native scalable resilient observable and easy to deploy and operate across customer environments. Apply AI to create smarter connectors including metadata inference automated enrichment and more intelligent ingestion workflows. Solve challenging distributed-systems problems involving large-scale metadata extraction incremental updates reliability and performance. Lead technical direction for a small engineering pod mentor junior engineers and raise the bar for engineering quality design and execution. Work closely with product platform and customer-facing teams to turn real-world data-integration needs into polished product capabilities.

What you’ll bring

8+ years of experience designing building and shipping production distributed backend systems. Strong Python expertise including hands-on experience owning features from design through implementation testing deployment and iteration. Excellent computer-science fundamentals supported by a degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience. Deep understanding of API design algorithmic complexity reliability and distributed-systems concepts. A practical ownership-oriented mindset you thrive in fast-moving environments navigate ambiguity well and turn difficult technical problems into durable solutions. Experience with modern data platforms such as Snowflake Databricks Kafka or similar systems is highly valued. Experience operating across multiple cloud environments is a strong plus. Previous experience leading or mentoring a small team or engineering pod is a strong plus. Why DataHub This is an opportunity to build foundational infrastructure at the intersection of data cloud and AI. DataHub is an open-source metadata platform that brings together discovery governance observability lineage and real-time context across an organization’s data ecosystem—making that context actionable for both human teams and AI agents. datahub You will have meaningful ownership over a product area that directly shapes how enterprises understand and trust their data Build products used across complex modern enterprise data stacks. Work on highly technical problems with direct customer and ecosystem impact. Help define how AI agents gain safe governed and useful context about enterprise data. Contribute to an open-source platform with a large global community and broad adoption.

Location

Toronto Canada

Benefits

and Perks We invest in people so they can do their best work and enjoy doing it. Our benefits reflect the way we build practical thoughtful and designed to support long-term growth. Competitive compensation

We offer

salaries that reflect your skills experience and the impact you make. You bring value—we make sure you're recognized for it. Equity for everyone Every team member receives an ownership stake in the company. When we grow you grow with us. Remote Work All roles are remote unless otherwise specified in the job description. Review the job description to confirm if the role you are interested in is remote or hybrid.

Location

flexibility Home office coworking space or something in between? We support your ideal setup. You’ll receive a monthly coworking stipend to use whenever you need a change of pace or in-person collaboration time. Comprehensive health coverage Your well-being matters. We cover 99% of medical dental and vision premiums employees and 65% for dependents. Flexible savings accounts

We offer

FSAs to help cover planned or unexpected healthcare costs. You can also opt into a Dependent Care FSA to support family needs. Support for every path to parenthood Through Carrot Fertility we provide inclusive fertility benefits and family-forming support. All U.S. employees have access regardless of age gender identity or family structure. Time off that works for you We trust you to take the time you need. Our unlimited PTO and sick leave policy is designed for flexibility rest and real life. Why Join Us DataHub is at a rare inflection point we’ve achieved product-market fit earned the trust of leading enterprises and secured backing from top-tier investors like Bessemer Venture Partners and 8VC. The context platform market is expected to grow from $1B to $9B in the next five years—and we’re leading the way. By joining our team you’ll Tackle high-impact challenges at the heart of enterprise AI infrastructure Ship production systems that power real-world use cases at global scale Collaborate with a high-caliber team of builders who’ve scaled some of the most influential data tools in the world Build the next generation of AI-native data systems including conversational agents intelligent classification automated governance and more If you're passionate about technology enjoy working with customers and want to be part of a fast-growing company changing the industry we want to hear from you!