Software Engineer III

Independent contributor role who is one of the pillars of the team. Opportunity to own business critical components and services, powering key use cases for Alation’s customers. The role is one of high ownership, large business impact and executing on a future vision that will be loved by the customers.

Own the design, development, and optimization of features and services

Solve challenging technical problems with minimal guidance

Develop, maintain and evangelize scalable, maintainable, and resilient source code

Actively use AI coding assistants (e.g. Claude, GitHub Copilot, Cursor) to accelerate development — from scaffolding features and writing tests to reviewing code and debugging

Leverage AI tools to iterate quickly, reduce boilerplate, and ship production-ready code at higher velocity

Evaluate and critically review AI-generated code for correctness, security, and alignment with team standards before merging

Debug and troubleshoot issues efficiently, providing well-reasoned solutions

5+ years of professional experience designing, developing, and shipping software products and/or n-tier services

Proficiency in any object-oriented language, preferably Python