Software Engineer - Infrastructure, Data Platform
Baton (A Ryder Technology Lab) · San Francisco, CA
$162,000–$216,000from the description
Jul 23, 2026
San Francisco, CA
Jul 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This infrastructure-focused engineering role centers on building and maintaining a near real-time data streaming and messaging platform within a logistics technology group. Day-to-day work spans data pipeline development, data modeling, and API layer refinement, with a focus on scalable ingestion and processing architectures. It suits engineers with hands-on experience in event-driven systems, relational data modeling, SQL, and Python.
Mid level · San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 75 people in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (database architects). range 45–110
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $179,727 (middle half $166,748–$216,836). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The role title is 'Software Engineer - Infrastructure' on the Data Platform team, but the responsibilities center on data streaming pipelines, messaging architecture, data ingestion, and data models — placing it at the boundary between 15-1243 (Database/Data Architects) and 15-1252 (Software Developers). 15-1243 was chosen as primary given the dominant focus on data architecture and pipeline ownership.
The 3–5 years of Software Engineering experience is listed under Preferred Qualifications, so no total experience floor was set as a hard gate.
A Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS or Engineering is listed under Preferred Qualifications only, so the degree requirement is set to None.
The posting is hybrid (Mon/Fri remote, Tue–Thu in-office in Hayes Valley, San Francisco), so remote is set to false.
The advertised title carries no seniority level word; the preferred 3–5 years and scope of responsibilities support a Mid-level classification.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): real-time data streaming, relational data modeling.
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