Software Engineer, Data Platforms
micro1 is hiring a Software Engineer, Data Platforms for a remote role. It pays $200k-$280k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on micro1.
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Level's read on this job
- On Level's scale, this software engineer role is Builds AI ●●●●: the job is building AI systems.
- The listed pay starts 19% above the typical software engineer posting on Level.
- The posting lists this role as remote.
- Tools and skills the posting cites include Claude, Cursor and Claude Code.
- Level lists 287 other open roles at micro1.
AI in this role
Job Title: Software Engineer, Data Platforms
Job Type: Full-time
Location: Remote
The Role
This is an AI-native fullstack engineering role building micro1's human data platforms. You'll own features end-to-end, from backend services and data pipelines to the frontends our experts use every day.
The role sits between traditional fullstack and research engineering. Coding agents are your primary development workflow, and you'll work closely with research engineers, operations, and product to turn requirements into reliable production systems.
What You'll Own
- Design and ship fullstack features across backend APIs, data pipelines, and React frontends.
- Own client-facing data delivery and platform infrastructure, including exports, access control, and reliability.
- Scope work around outcomes, direct coding agents—often in parallel—review changes at the architecture level, and iterate until shipped.
- Build and maintain services in Python (FastAPI) and TypeScript.
- Contribute to data modeling, schema design, and query performance across relational and document databases.
- Partner with research engineering, operations, and product to translate platform needs into production-ready systems.
- Improve the frameworks, checks, and evals that make agent-driven development faster without sacrificing quality.
- Troubleshoot production issues and build resilient, observable systems.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 0–5 years of software engineering experience, or strong shipped projects as a recent graduate.
- Strong fundamentals in Python and TypeScript, with experience building CRUD applications using frameworks such as FastAPI/Flask and React.
- Working knowledge of databases such as PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or SQLite and core data modeling principles.
- Experience deploying services on a major cloud platform (GCP, AWS, or Azure).
- Coding agents such as Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex are your default development workflow, and you can clearly explain how you use them.
- Ability to turn outcomes into plans, direct agents, verify results, and identify architectural issues agents may miss.
- Understanding of agent loops, MCP, tool/data integrations, permissions, and security.
- Familiarity with context management, RAG, and evals for testing agent workflows.
Preferred
- Exposure to RL concepts or environments, including tasks, actions, and rewards.
- Experience with coding data pipelines or task-authoring platforms.
- Familiarity with CI/CD, deployment pipelines, and DevOps fundamentals.
- Experience contributing to team projects, open-source software, or startups.
The national pay range for this full-time position is a base salary of $120,000 - $160,000 per year. All employees are eligible for equity compensation, and employees may also receive performance-based bonuses, dependent on role and subject to company policies. micro1 provides a comprehensive benefits package, including up to 100% reimbursement for health-insurance premiums, paid time off, a 401(K) plan with a company match, and additional benefits designed to support a high-performing, remote-first workforce.
micro1 is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation during the application process, reach out to support@micro1.ai.
Our hiring process utilizes artificial intelligence tools to assist in candidate screening and assessment. Our AI tools are designed to complement, not replace, human decision-making.
How we rate this
Software Engineer, Data Platforms at micro1 rates 83 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Builds AI (AI Level 4 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Builds AI. The job is building AI systems.
- ●●●● 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.
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Pay
- This job starts at
- $200k
- Typical software engineer job
- $168k
This posting starts 19% above the typical software engineer job. See software engineer jobs
Questions you could be asked
- How would you design a retrieval step so the model answers from real data instead of guessing?
- Walk me through how you've used Claude in your day-to-day work.
- What are the limits of Cursor that you've run into, and how did you work around them?
- What's a project where you used Claude Code hands-on?
- Walk me through how you've used Codex in your day-to-day work.
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- List these exact terms on your resume: RAG, Claude, Cursor, Claude Code, and Codex. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
- Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
- Lead with what you built, trained or shipped. This role is judged on the AI system itself, not the tools around it.
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