Senior Software Engineer - AI Agents

About Datafold

Datafold automates manual workflows in data engineering, helping companies unlock the full value of their data and enabling data teams to ship faster without compromising data quality.

Backed by top-tier investors including YC, Amplify, and NEA, we're redefining how companies like Disney, FanDuel, and Perplexity do data engineering. Headquartered in New York, we’re a fully remote team with employees from around the world, spanning three continents.

About the Role

We’re looking for an experienced backend engineer to help build and scale the Datafold Migration Agent (DMA) — an AI-powered product that revolutionizes data platform code migrations. DMA automates the static analysis, translation, and refactoring of analytical codebases at a million-line-of-code scale, reducing migration timelines by 5-10x and eliminating the need for manual work and costly consultants.

Responsibilities

• Drive the development of DMA, shaping both the technical and architectural foundation for a product that combines AI and data engineering to solve complex migration challenges.
• Collaborate with our Solution Engineers and directly with customers to refine features and iterate on the product.
• Make strategic technical decisions to ensure DMA is scalable, robust, and optimized for high-performance code migrations.
• Take ownership of projects end-to-end, troubleshooting and resolving complex challenges in real time to deliver high-quality, impactful results.

About You

• Experience: 5+ years as a software engineer with a strong backend focus.
• Tech Stack: Proficiency in Python is required. Experience building with large language models (LLMs) is a plus, but not required.
• Ownership: Proven ability to manage projects end-to-end, from design through deployment.
• Startup Mindset: Thoughtful about balancing speed, quality, and business impact.

If building a high-impact, innovative product at the intersection of AI and data engineering sounds exciting, we’d love to hear from you.