MP
$405,000 – $850,000
Listed on Menlo Ventures Portfolio’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.
What this role is
Lead the technical direction for a data platform team that builds systems for AI research, working closely with researchers to understand their workflows and designing scalable pipelines and datasets. This role suits experienced data systems engineers who enjoy driving architecture decisions and collaborating with technical users in fast-moving environments.
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What they ask for
Required
- Experience building and operating data-intensive systems at scale with strong data modeling instincts
- Track record setting technical direction for a team or owning a data platform architecture
- Ability to treat internal users as customers with discovery-driven iteration
- Understanding of exploratory research workflows and how requirements emerge through experimentation
- Capacity to lead through influence without formal authority
- Results-oriented pragmatism
Nice to have
- Large-scale ETL and columnar or analytical storage experience
- Metrics or experiment-tracking systems background
- Dataset management, cataloging, or lineage tooling experience
- Developer tooling or internal data platform work for quantitative or research users
- Working knowledge of machine learning
- Experience in or close collaboration with ML research labs
- Interest in or experience with people management