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Principal + Staff Software Engineers

Unstructured

Remote · Remote · Principal

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What this role is

Unstructured is seeking experienced engineers to lead the design and evolution of their data transformation platform, building distributed systems that prepare unstructured data for LLM applications at enterprise scale. This role combines deep systems architecture work with mentorship and partnerships across infrastructure and product, requiring expertise in Kubernetes, Python, and Postgres at a level where you can set technical direction for the entire company.

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What they ask for

Required

  • 10+ years software engineering experience with focus on distributed systems, infrastructure, or data architecture
  • Expert-level Python proficiency
  • Deep Kubernetes expertise including design, deployment, and debugging at scale
  • Fluent in PostgreSQL including query planning, partitioning, and tuning
  • Experience building high-performance data or AI/ML systems

Nice to have

  • Experience building or scaling LLM-powered or RAG systems in production
  • Familiarity with open-source orchestration frameworks, vector databases, or hybrid cloud infrastructure
  • Contributions to open-source projects in Python, Kubernetes, or distributed systems

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