Software Engineer, Hadrian
Data Platform
$120-200k
+ Equity
More information about location
Autonomous factories for aerospace components
Open for applications
Autonomous factories for aerospace components
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$120-200k
+ Equity
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To build the planet's most efficient factory to accelerate a democratic, abundant, spacefaring future.
Role
Who you are
- Have extensive experience shipping modern, data-centric applications (our data systems use Argo-Workflows, Dagster, Superset, Aurora, RDS, S3, and back-ends are Go and Python, with gRPC/Avro and Kafka as our messaging platform)
- Experience building AI infrastructure in production: RAG pipelines, vector databases (such as Pinecone, Weaviate, Chroma, or equivalent), embedding systems, or semantic search
- Hands-on MLOps experience: owning the full lifecycle of ML models from training through deployment and monitoring (SageMaker, Ray, MLflow, or equivalent)
- Have experience with IaC and GitOps tooling (We use Terraform extensively and have centralized on Kubernetes/Argo/Helm)
- Extremely well versed with data querying techniques across NoSQL and SQL platforms
- Have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and/or equivalent experience
- Solid understanding in building data architecture and pipelines
- Are self-motivated and eager to get hands-on and tackle challenges independently while working collaboratively toward identified objectives
- Work with a platform mentality -- driven to find the right architecture and plan up front and solve problems with the long term in mind
- Take responsibility and ownership finding solutions no matter what
- Deploy your broad experience and big picture view to fix undreamed of problems with innovative solutions
- Feel passionate about making things move in the real world with software
- Are excited to work in a fast-paced environment with high-stakes and quick iteration cycles
- Are a highly effective communicator when speaking or writing, especially when presenting technical information
What the job involves
- As a foundational software engineer on our data platform engineering team, you will lead the charge on building the AI and data infrastructure that powers Hadrian's autonomous factories. This means writing software to aggregate, store, and make sense of data — and building the intelligent systems that sit on top of it
- Examples of possible work include building RAG pipelines and vector search systems that give our AI models access to the right manufacturing knowledge at the right time, developing MLOps infrastructure to deploy and monitor production models, building software agents to get data off of machines, and creating certified datasets that enable operations research, machine intelligence, and business analytics at scale
- You will be challenged to think creatively and solve complex data and AI integration problems. You will work cross functionally with production experts, operations research scientists, software engineers, and machining specialists to develop novel solutions working toward fully automated factories
- Scope, architect, implement, and deploy critical AI and data infrastructure applications that will drive revenue and make a positive impact in the world
- Build and own RAG pipelines and vector search systems that enable intelligent retrieval of manufacturing knowledge across Hadrian's data estate
- Design and manage MLOps infrastructure — training pipelines, model deployment, monitoring, and orchestration — so that ML and operations research models run reliably in production
- Build and manage a robust data warehouse and write software to coordinate and deploy data pipelines
- Conceptualize and own the data architecture for multiple large-scale projects
- Create and contribute to data frameworks that span on-premises and cloud infrastructure, improving the efficacy of logging machine data, while working with data infrastructure to triage issues and resolve
- Solve our most challenging machine data and AI integration problems, utilizing optimal ETL patterns, frameworks, query techniques, and retrieval architectures sourcing from structured and unstructured data sources
- Collaborate with machine engineers, operations research scientists, product managers, and data scientists to understand data and AI needs, translating complex systems into tools people actually use
- Get to build alongside an incredible team of software engineers, mechanical engineers, operators, and the best machinists/CAM programmers in the world
Our take
Hadrian is an industrial automation company that creates autonomous factories for aerospace components. The inspiration for Hadrian was the notion that throughout history, empires begin to fall when they outsource their core industries to lower-cost countries, resulting in internal stagnation and mass unemployment.
To counter this historic trend, Hadrian was founded, which uses machine learning to automate the processes of component factories. It targets aerospace and defence, which are areas in which the USA relies on boutique experts who lack the manpower to build at scale. Its solution addresses bottlenecks in manufacturing that slow down progress, improving efficiency and capacity.
With strong investment, Hadrian is setting a precedent for a new era of machine work innovation. Its main challenge remains to convince smaller manufacturers to embrace the precision and time-saving benefits of automation. It is investing in team and product growth, including the launch of an additive manufacturing division that will deliver scalable and production-ready capacity for the US defense sector and allied partners.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jul 2025
$260m
SERIES C
Feb 2024
$93.6m
SERIES B
Total funding: $490.6m
Company benefits
- 100% coverage of platinum medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees 401k
- Relocation stipend if you’re moving from outside of LA
- Flexible vacation policy
Company HQ
Hermosa Beach, CA
Leadership
Chris Power
(CEO & CPO)Previously Managing Partner at ADSC, Contributor and Advisor at Open Lunar Foundation and Head of Growth at Ento.com.
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