Staff Software Engineer - Platform / Data (python / typescript - Hybrid)

Company Description

Neon Blue is an AI platform that automates end-to-end experimentation. AI Agents manage testing from idea → creative → deployment → optimization.

Role Description

This is a full-time on-site role for a Staff Software Engineer at Neon Blue located in San Francisco, CA. The Staff Software Engineer will be responsible for back-end web development, software development, programming, and object-oriented programming (OOP).

Primary Responsibilities (75%)

• Own the Experimentation API endpoints: Maintain and enhance our custom-built experimentation platform API that powers our portal team's customer-facing features. Ensure high availability, set up new environments, and build new routes to support feature rollouts.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner closely with our highly technical portal team to design and implement experiment-backed features for customers. Propose and debate implementation approaches to find optimal solutions.
• Python & Infrastructure Development: Write production-grade Python code for API endpoints and data processing, interfacing with Snowflake and our custom data infrastructure. Collaborate with TypeScript-based portal team to deliver seamless integrations.

Secondary Responsibilities (25%)

• Data Platform Support: Pick up analytics tasks and build Python-based visualizations and dashboards using SignOz and standard Python viz libraries. Support the data team with light statistical analysis and exploratory data work as needed.
• Infrastructure & Orchestration: Work with our modern data stack including Snowflake, AWS (CDK), and orchestration tools. Help build and maintain data pipelines and infrastructure components during non-API sprint cycles.
• Platform Reliability: Join the on-call rotation to ensure our experimentation platform remains available and performant for internal teams and customer-facing applications.

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years of experience in data engineering, platform engineering, or similar roles
• Strong Python proficiency with experience building and maintaining production APIs
• Snowflake expertise , including data modeling, query optimization, and integration patterns
• AWS experience, particularly with CDK for infrastructure as code
• Experimentation platform background - experience with A/B testing systems, feature flags, or experimentation infrastructure (huge plus)
• Self-directed problem solver who thrives with context switching and can balance multiple priorities
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage in healthy technical debates and propose implementation strategies
• Nice to have: TypeScript experience, Airflow/Dagster knowledge, e-commerce or B2B SaaS background
  

Why Neon Blue

About Neon Blue: https://www.notion.so/neon-blue/Neon-Blue-1017a891c6ca48d6a903ee16b9450d90?pvs=4

• Impact & Autonomy: Be a key architect who shapes the entire data landscape in a fast-growing startup.
• Experienced Founders: Work alongside a leadership team that has successfully built and scaled a $100M/year e-commerce venture.
• Cutting-Edge Tech: Get hands-on with modern tooling and cloud platforms for machine learning and real-time analytics.

If you’re excited about defining and owning the full data stack in a high-growth environment, we’d love to hear from you. Join us at Neon Blue and help us build a data platform that powers the next generation of innovative products!