Senior Software Engineer - Multi-Tenant SaaS Data Architecture

About the Role

We're scaling our SaaS platform to support larger and more complex enterprise customers, and the data layer is becoming a core strategic priority. We're looking for a Senior Engineer with deep experience designing and scaling multi-tenant database architectures for large-scale SaaS products. You'll take ownership of the data tier - ensuring performance, isolation, reliability, and scalability as we grow.

This is a hands-on, high-impact role where you'll shape the core technical foundation of our platform.

Responsibilities

• Architect and evolve our multi-tenant data model - including schema design, partitioning / sharding strategies,, and performance considerations.
• Design and build scalable backend services that interact with a multi-tenant datastore (APIs, data-access layers, high-throughput services).
• Drive data-layer decision-making : evaluate tradeoffs between shared-schema, database-per-tenant, and hybrid tenancy approaches; influence long-term storage strategy.
• Improve platform reliability and performance through query optimization, indexing strategies, caching, and distributed system patterns.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, infrastructure, and security teams to ensure data architecture supports enterprise SLAs, compliance, and long-term scalability.
• Build tooling for migrations, onboarding, and tenant lifecycle management , enabling smooth scale-out as customer data volumes grow.
• Establish standards and best practices around tenancy, access control, observability, and data governance across the engineering org.
• Mentor and guide engineers on scalable SaaS patterns, database design, and systems thinking.

Qualifications

Required

Preferred

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