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What this posting asks for

Level: Lead / staff — The title says "Staff".

Main responsibilities

• Drive the architecture, design, implementation, and reliability of our foundational data platforms and systems, working closely with stakeholders and interna…
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and deliver new features.
• Proactively identify opportunities for, and driving improvements to, current programming practices, including process enhancements and tool upgrades.
• Present technical information to teams and stakeholders, providing guidance and insight on development processes and technologies.
• Provide technical leadership, including: upholding and upleveling engineering standards across the organization, mentoring junior engineers.
• Ideally you’d have:
• 8+ years of full-time engineering experience, post-graduation with specialties in back-end systems, specifically related to building large-scale data storage…
• Extensive experience in various database technologies (MongoDB, Postgres), streaming/processing solutions (Kinesis, Flink, Spark), indexing/caching (ElasticS…
• Show a track record of mentoring and leading teams in successful projects.
• Possess excellent communication and collaboration skills, and the ability to translate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Competencies an interviewer will look for

• Technical skill Core
  In the posting: “Software is eating the world, but AI is eating software.” · “At the foundation of these products is the Platform Engineering team.” · “Drive the architecture, design, implementation, and reliability of our foundational data platforms and systems, working closely with stakeholders and interna…”
  Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off.
• Teamwork and collaboration Core
  In the posting: “Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and deliver new features.” · “Possess excellent communication and collaboration skills, and the ability to translate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.” · “Experience driving cross functional collaboration and communication at an organizational or broader level.”
  Show it by: Says what they did inside a team, not only what 'we' did; Shows how a disagreement was handled.
• Leadership and mentoring Core
  In the posting: “Every person will have a personal tutor, coach, assistant, personal shopper, travel guide, and therapist throughout life.” · “Provide technical leadership, including: upholding and upleveling engineering standards across the organization, mentoring junior engineers.” · “Show a track record of mentoring and leading teams in successful projects.”
  Show it by: Describes setting direction or a standard others followed; Names someone they coached and what changed for them.
• Data and analysis Core
  In the posting: “At Scale, our products include the Generative AI Data Engine, SGP, Donovan, and others that power the most advanced LLMs and generative models in the world t…” · “The data we are producing is some of the most important work for how humanity will interact with AI.” · “In this role, you will lead the design and development of core data storage, streaming, caching, and indexing platforms and underlying systems.”
  Show it by: Uses a number to describe the situation or the result; Explains what the data showed and what was done with it.
• Attention to detail and quality Core
  In the posting: “At Scale, our products include the Generative AI Data Engine, SGP, Donovan, and others that power the most advanced LLMs and generative models in the world t…” · “Provide technical leadership, including: upholding and upleveling engineering standards across the organization, mentoring junior engineers.” · “Experience working fluently with standard containerization & deployment technologies like Kubernetes and various public cloud offerings.”
  Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used.
• Stakeholder management Core
  In the posting: “At Scale, our products include the Generative AI Data Engine, SGP, Donovan, and others that power the most advanced LLMs and generative models in the world t…” · “Drive the architecture, design, implementation, and reliability of our foundational data platforms and systems, working closely with stakeholders and interna…” · “Present technical information to teams and stakeholders, providing guidance and insight on development processes and technologies.”
  Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior.
• Communication Core
  In the posting: “Possess excellent communication and collaboration skills, and the ability to translate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.” · “Experience driving cross functional collaboration and communication at an organizational or broader level.”
  Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech.
• Planning and organisation Core
  In the posting: “Provide technical leadership, including: upholding and upleveling engineering standards across the organization, mentoring junior engineers.” · “Experience driving cross functional collaboration and communication at an organizational or broader level.”
  Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how.
• Customer focus Supporting
  In the posting: “Drive the architecture, design, implementation, and reliability of our foundational data platforms and systems, working closely with stakeholders and interna…”
  Show it by: Puts the customer's need in their own words; Shows a result for the customer, not only for the company.

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