Data Engineer

Baseten powers mission-critical inference for AI companies like Cursor, Notion, OpenEvidence, Abridge, Clay, Gamma, and Writer. They recently raised a $1.5B Series F led by Altimeter Capital, Conviction Partners, and Spark Capital.

We're hiring a Data Engineer to build and scale Baseten's internal data platform. This role sits at the intersection of data engineering, analytics, and data science, transforming raw product and business data into reliable datasets that power decision-making. You'll design data models, pipelines, and analytics infrastructure enabling teams across Product, Engineering, Finance, Marketing, and Sales to understand usage and performance, including AI inference, infrastructure, and observability data.

• Design and maintain core data models and semantic layers
• Develop and orchestrate batch and streaming data pipelines using technologies such as Apache Beam, Kafka, Airflow, or similar frameworks
• Analyze inference and infrastructure telemetry, including data from OpenTelemetry, Grafana, and other observability tools
• Define and maintain company-wide metrics across product usage, performance, and customer lifecycle
• Enable self-service analytics through agents and tools, with well-structured semantic layers and context
• Ensure data reliability and quality through testing, documentation, and governance

• Understanding of inference metrics such as latency, throughput, token usage, and model performance
• Experience supporting B2B SaaS and/or consumption-based platforms
• Application of forecasting and predictive modeling (e.g., ARIMA, Prophet) to business processes

• Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity (U.S. only)
• 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents
• Flexible PTO policy including company-wide Winter Break (offices closed from Christmas Eve to New Year's Day)
• Paid parental leave
• Fertility and family-building stipend through Carrot (U.S. only)
• Company-facilitated 401(k)
• Exposure to a variety of ML startups, offering unparalleled learning and networking opportunities