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We provide cost-effective, high-performance infrastructure for AI start-ups and large enterprise customers. Nscale enables AI-focused companies to achieve superior results by reducing the complexity of AI development. Our GPU cloud bolsters technical capabilities and directly supports strategic business outcomes, including cost management, rapid innovation, and environmental responsibility.\nWe thrive on a culture of relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability, where every team member takes pride in their work and drives it with excellence and urgency. As an Nscaler, you’ll build trust through openness and transparency, where everyone is inspired to do their best work. If you join our team, you’ll be contributing to building the technology that powers the future.\nAbout the Role\nWe’re looking for a Data Engineer to help design, build, and operate the data foundations that underpin Nscale’s platform, internal operations, and customer-facing capabilities.\nThis is a high-impact, early-stage role. You’ll work closely with Operations, Infrastructure, Platform Engineering, Product, and Commercial teams to turn raw operational signals - from GPUs, clusters, customers, and internal systems - into reliable, scalable data products that ensure delivery at a previously unseen pace. You’ll help define how data is collected, modelled, served, and trusted across the company, and have the opportunity to build on Palantir Foundry, as well as other products.\nThis role is ideal for someone who enjoys building data systems from first principles, thrives in ambiguous environments, and wants to see their work directly influence product decisions, platform reliability, and customer outcomes.\nWhat you'll be doing\nData Platform & Architecture\nDesign and build scalable, reliable data pipelines that ingest data from infrastructure, platform services, and business systems.\nDefine data models and schemas that support operational workflows and use cases across the business, monitoring, and analytics.\nClean, transform and structure the data to create a digital twin of Nscale.\nImplement permissioning and manage access and security of the Foundry implementation.\nData Products & Enablement\nCreate trusted datasets and metrics that power workflows and processes, internal tools, and customer-facing insights.\nEnable self-serve analytics by establishing clear data contracts, documentation, and semantic layers.\nBuild use cases including but not limited to capacity planning, cost optimisation, reliability analysis, and customer reporting to drive our business forward.\nCollaborate with Product and Commercial teams to translate real-world questions into robust data solutions.\nReliability, Quality & Governance\nImplement data quality checks, monitoring, and alerting to ensure data correctness and availability.\nCodify data lineage, freshness, and consistency across systems.\nEstablish best practices around data versioning, access control, and governance appropriate for a fast-scaling company.\nContinuously improve system resilience and observability.\nEarly-Stage Ownership & Growth\nTake end-to-end ownership of projects, from design through to production and iteration.\nHelp define standards, tooling, and ways of working for data at Nscale.\nContribute to technical decision-making as the company scales its platform and customer base.\nAct as a thought partner to engineers and operators, not just a service function.\nAbout You \nDeep, hands-on experience building in Palantir Foundry, including ontology modelling, pipeline development, API integration, and large-scale data platform design.\nStrong proficiency in Python, with experience applying data engineering libraries and frameworks (e.g. Spark, PySpark, Dask, pandas) to work with large, complex datasets.\nFamiliarity with API-driven data integration, including REST, GraphQL, and Foundry Action APIs.\nPractical experience working in Git-based development workflows, including code reviews, version control, and CI/CD pipelines.\nComfort working in ambiguous, early-stage environments where requirements evolve quickly.\nStrong communication skills - able to explain data concepts clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.\nA bias toward ownership, pragmatism, and shipping useful solutions.\nNice to Have\nExperience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and infrastructure telemetry.\nFamiliarity with distributed systems, monitoring data, or usage-based billing data.\nExperience supporting customer-facing data products or platforms.\nWhat we can offer you \nAt Nscale, you'll find a collaborative, supportive, and innovative environment where your contributions spark real impact. We're building something extraordinary, and we want you at the core.\nHighly competitive package (base + equity) with reviews every 12 months. \nJoin the fastest-growing tech startup, your chance to push boundaries, collaborate with brilliant minds, and make your mark on cutting-edge AI. \nExpect a dynamic progression plan tailored to your ambitions. Grow by trying new things, leading, challenging the status quo, and owning your impact, always with our full support.\nHuman-First Flexibility: We treat you as humans first. Our flexible workplace trusts Nscalers to deliver, giving you the autonomy to shape your day around life's moments.\nEqual Opportunities Statement\nWe strongly encourage applications from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.\nIf there’s anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know.\nThe responsibilities outlined in this job description are not exhaustive and are intended to provide a general overview of the position. 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