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This role blends backend data engineering with platform/infrastructure work; the right person is equally comfortable building an ELT pipeline as they are debugging a Kubernetes deployment\nWhat you will do\nDesign, build, and maintain data pipelines that ingest, transform, and serve data across Techstars systems - including Salesforce, PostgreSQL, Kafka, and internal APIs\nOwn and evolve our Kubernetes-based infrastructure (Helm, OpenTofu, Github Actions), including deployment tooling, secrets management, and cluster health\nPartner with our senior security engineer on infrastructure reliability - incident response, observability, and proactive improvements to keep things stable\nMaintain and improve our PostgreSQL database layer: schema design, migrations, query performance, and data integrity\nSupport Salesforce data flows and integrations with our broader platform\nBuild and maintain internal tooling and integrations that connect third-party SaaS tools to Techstars OS\nContribute to engineering standards: CI/CD practices, testing, code review, documentation\nWork in an agile team environment with a product backlog, sprints, and regular delivery to production\nWhat you bring\nSolid experience building and maintaining data pipelines - ETL/ELT, data ingestion, transformation, and delivery to downstream consumers\nProficiency with PostgreSQL: schema design, migrations, query optimization, data modeling\nHands-on experience with Kubernetes in production (AWS EKS a plus), including familiarity with Helm, kubectl, and debugging workloads\nExperience with infrastructure-as-code tooling (OpenTofu, Terraform)\nStrong Python skills for data engineering, scripting, and automation\nStrong understanding of agentic development in a team environment\nFamiliarity with AWS services (S3, RDS, Lambda, IAM, and related tooling)\nA DevOps mindset: you care about observability (Prometheus/Grafana experience a plus), reliability, and what happens after code ships\nExcellent debugging and troubleshooting skills - you can work from symptoms to root cause on unfamiliar systems\nExperience working in agile development environments with a product team\nStrong communication skills - you work well across teams and can explain technical tradeoffs clearly\nNice to have\nExperience with Salesforce data structures and CRM-adjacent integrations\nKnowledge of financial or investment data (venture capital, startup portfolio management)\nFamiliarity with data pipeline orchestration tools (Airflow or similar)\nExperience with JavaScript/TypeScript for backend services\nPrior work at a startup, accelerator, or investment firm\nApplications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.\nCompensation & Benefits\nSalary Range: 115,000 - 130,000\nBenefits: Techstars offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, and paid time off.\nAbout Techstars\nSince 2006, Techstars has been investing in the world’s most ambitious founders. 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