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Reliable, low-cost enrichment is the catalyst for the nuclear Renaissance now under way.\nOur mission is to make nuclear not only the cleanest and safest source of baseload power, but also the most affordable. We believe abundant nuclear energy will lead to a post-scarcity society. \nWe were incubated inside Founders Fund, like Anduril and Palantir before us, and are backed by over a dozen of the world's top venture capital firms. \nOur lean, world-class team of engineers and operators is applying a first-principles approach to solving the problem of nuclear fuel production. \nWe are a mission-driven company with a culture of urgency, accountability, and transparency. \nHelp us build a high-energy society by making the cleanest, safest form of baseload energy the most affordable. \nAbout This Role\nWe are seeking a Data Platform Software Engineer to design and implement the data acquisition, storage, and streaming backbone for test stands and production systems. This role sits at the intersection of industrial data systems and high-performance backend engineering, and is responsible for building reliable, scalable data pipelines that ingest high-throughput, high-channel-count sensor telemetry without loss and serve it to visualization and analytics layers. The successful candidate will play a central role in defining the architecture, schema design, and operational reliability of mission-critical data infrastructure. \nResponsibilities\nDesign, implement, and maintain high-throughput data pipelines for kHz-class, high-channel-count sensor telemetry across test and production environments. \nDesign and operate time-series storage and industrial data historians for long-term retention, query performance, and schema evolution. \nBuild ingestion and streaming services with a focus on buffering, backpressure, idempotency, and no silent data loss. \nDefine and champion modern software engineering practices, data architecture, schema standards, testing strategies, and operational best practices across the data platform. \nWork closely with controls, test automation, and visualization teams to feed downstream analytics and live dashboards directly. \nLead debugging, root cause analysis, and reliability improvements across the full ingestion-to-storage stack. \nBasic Qualifications\nBachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related field. \n5+ years of experience building data pipelines, streaming systems, or backend data infrastructure. \nStrong, production-level experience in Python and SQL. \nHands-on experience with high-throughput data ingestion and time-series or historian storage, with a strong understanding of distributed systems and data reliability. \nExperience with high-reliability, on-premise, 24/7 deployments in safety-critical environments. \nPreferred Skills and Experience\nExperience with time-series databases (e.g., InfluxDB, TimescaleDB), in-memory data stores (e.g., Redis), and OT/industrial data historians. \nExperience with streaming and pub/sub middleware (e.g., MQTT, DDS, OPC-UA, Kafka). \nExperience with high-channel-count sensor data and reliability engineering for ingestion. \nBackground in observability, infrastructure-as-code, and feeding visualization layers (e.g., Grafana). \nBackground in high-reliability or data-intensive environments (e.g., industrial automation, aerospace, energy, finance/trading, telecom, scientific research). \nDemonstrated technical leadership in setting engineering standards, and building and mentoring high-performance engineering teams. \nAdditional Requirements\nAbility to work extended hours and weekends as necessary.\nAbility to come into our office every day. This role is 100% on site and in person.\nCurrently a US Citizen with capability to obtain and maintain a US Q clearance.\nEqual Opportunity Employer\nGeneral Matter is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with General Matter is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.\nCompensation and Benefits\nThe base salary range for this role is $125,000-$220,000 annually. \nCompensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. Please note that the stated salary range is an estimate and may be adjusted based on market conditions, business needs, or other factors. 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