Software Engineer, Data

Factory is hiring a Software Engineer, Data in San Francisco, United States. Level rates it ; you can apply on Factory.

Level's read on this job

On Level's scale, this software engineer role is Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
Tools and skills the posting cites include Databricks.
Level classifies it as a mid-level role.
Level lists 68 other open roles at Factory.

AI in this role

databricks

About Factory

Our mission is to create a world where software builds and improves itself.

We build the platform for self-improving software development, helping the world's largest enterprise engineering teams turn their organizations into autonomous software factories. Customers including Nvidia, Blackstone, Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), Palo Alto Networks, Adobe, and T-Mobile run Factory to ship code, review PRs, run tests, and deploy continuously - getting smarter with every cycle.

In 2026, we raised $200M at a $5B valuation, bringing our total funding to over $400M. We are backed by world-class investors and operators including Khosla Ventures, Sequoia, Blackstone, Ali Ghodsi (CEO of Databricks), and Frank Slootman (Former CEO of Snowflake).

About the Role

Factory is bringing autonomy to software engineering, and we’re hiring a Data Engineer to own the systems that power how we understand and operate the business. You’ll architect and evolve the full data stack, designing the pipelines, models, and integrations that turn raw information into reliable, real-time insight across product, engineering, finance, and GTM.

What you will do and achieve

Build and refine the data models and warehouse architecture that serve as the backbone for product analytics, usage reporting, and business operations.
Design, operate, and scale the pipelines that move, transform, and validate data across internal and external systems.
Create the integrations that bring third-party and operational data into a unified, trusted environment.
Own the entire reporting surface at Factory, from core datasets and dashboards to the metrics leadership uses to steer the company.
Drive data quality, observability, governance, and documentation while helping teams adopt a self-serve analytics culture.

Qualifications

4+ years of experience in data engineering or a full-stack data role with deep expertise in SQL and strong proficiency in JavaScript or Python.
Hands-on experience with data modeling, warehouse architecture, and BI-oriented schema design, along with operational familiarity using tools like dbt, Airflow, or Dagster.
Experience supporting or building business intelligence environments.
Strong statistical intuition and experience running or supporting experimentation frameworks.

This is an in-office position (5 days/week) in San Francisco (walking distance to Caltrain)

How we rate this

Software Engineer, Data at Factory rates 12 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.