Istari Digital is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to join their Data Platform team. This role focuses on building and maintaining services related to user controls, identity, security, and data access, primarily using Go and Python.

Responsibilities:

Design, build, and maintain services governing user controls, identity, and security across the data platform
Build and harden secure content sharing capabilities, ensuring data is accessible to the right users under the right conditions
Contribute to internal reporting and analytics tooling that surfaces platform data to internal and external users
Work on Dgraph internals as needed, alongside building services and applications on top of Dgraph
Partner with platform, integrations, and infra teams to ensure identity and security primitives are consistent across the broader ecosystem
Drive decisions on data access patterns, permissions models, and secure sharing architecture
Write high-quality, well-tested code in Go and Python, with an eye toward reliability, security, and performance
Participate in design reviews and contribute to technical direction for the data platform

Requirements:

8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with significant time in backend/platform engineering
Strong proficiency in Go and Python
Experience building systems related to identity, access control, permissions, or security — you understand the tradeoffs involved in building secure, scalable systems
Comfortable working across the stack, with a preference and strength for backend/services work
Experience with graph databases (Dgraph or similar) is a strong plus; interest in working on database internals is a plus
Strong understanding of system reliability, security, and performance optimization
Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate cross-functionally with platform and infra teams
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent professional experience
Must be a US citizen or permanent resident living within the United States

Platform Engineer x 2

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