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# Staff Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure at Peregrine Technologies

- **Company:** Peregrine Technologies
- **Location:** Washington, DC
- **Compensation:** $200k–$275k
- **Posted:** 2026-03-12
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/peregrinetechnologies/jobs/4672686005

## Job description

Backed by leading Silicon Valley investors, Peregrine helps public safety organizations, state and local and governments, federal agencies, and private-sector institutions address society’s challenges with unprecedented speed and accuracy. Our AI-enabled platform turns siloed and disconnected data into operational intelligence — instantly surfacing mission-critical information to empower better, faster decisions that improve outcomes at every touchpoint. Today Peregrine supports hundreds of customers across 30+ states and two countries, serving more than 125 million people — and we’re amplifying our impact as we expand into the enterprise and internationally.

## Team

As an engineering team, we believe strongly that empathy improves our solutions. Seeing how people use the product is a priority and the way we get to the right answer. Engineers will have the opportunity to work closely with our team onsite to understand the variety of use cases that Peregrine serves.

We value both ownership and collaboration—you will take full responsibility for major features and work closely with other engineers to drive them to completion. We believe that humility and empathy are essential for building the right solutions—you will collaborate directly with our deployment team and users as we iterate to solve their problems. Perseverance and creativity are crucial to executing our vision.

## Role

We are looking for a Staff Data Infrastructure Engineer to join our growing team, where you will have deep ownership over the data layer that underpins everything Peregrine does. You will architect and build the systems that ingest, store, and serve massive volumes of real-time operational data — enabling our customers to make critical decisions with speed and confidence.

This is a senior individual contributor role for someone who thrives on hard technical problems and brings the experience and judgment to shape foundational infrastructure decisions. You will tackle a wide range of complex challenges, including:

- Designing and operating a high-throughput, real-time data integration platform across diverse customer environments
- Architecting a scalable open table format layer for reliable data storage at petabyte scale
- Building and optimizing distributed data processing pipelines with Apache Spark and adjacent streaming technologies
- Driving performance, reliability, and cost efficiency across the full data infrastructure stack
- Collaborating with platform and product engineering teams to define data contracts, schemas, and integration patterns
- Establishing best practices, tooling, and patterns that raise the quality bar for data infrastructure across the organization

Our stack is constantly evolving but is built on AWS GovCloud, Apache Iceberg, Apache Spark, Apache Kafka, Airflow, Kubernetes, and more.

## About You

- Deep passion for data infrastructure — you care about building systems that are correct, fast, and resilient at scale
- Thrive on ambiguity and are energized by defining the right solution to hard, open-ended problems
- Strong technical vision with the ability to translate complex data requirements into clean, durable infrastructure designs
- Desire to own significant portions of the data stack end-to-end, from ingestion to serving
- Committed to operational excellence — you build things you’re proud to operate

## What We Look For

- 8+ years of experience architecting and operating large-scale data infrastructure systems in production environments
- Deep expertise with open table formats, particularly Apache Iceberg — including schema evolution, partitioning strategies, compaction, and time travel
- Extensive hands-on experience with Apache Spark for batch and streaming data processing at scale
- Strong background in real-time data integration and stream processing, leveraging technologies such as Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, or equivalents
- Solid experience with data pipeline orchestration using Airflow or similar tools
- Strong software engineering fundamentals in Python and/or Scala, with a track record of writing production-quality code
- Extensive experience with AWS or comparable cloud platforms, including S3-based data lake architectures
- Experience with Kubernetes and containerized deployment of data workloads
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Located in San Francisco, New York, or Washington DC and open to working in office

Annual Salary + Benefits + Equity (if applicable) + Bonus (if applicable) $200,000—$275,000 USD

Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, certifications or licenses, and specific work location. Information on the benefits offered is [here](https://peregrine.io/careers/).

Peregrine Technologies is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We celebrate diversity and are a proud equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

## About Peregrine Technologies

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Peregrine Technologies provides a full-stack AI platform that unifies fragmented data from disparate systems into a single, permission-aware operational intelligence layer for high-stakes government and enterprise organizations.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series D, $6.8B valuation)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2018
- **Founders**: Nick Noone (CEO) and Ben Rudolph (CTO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Public Safety, Government Technology (GovTech), Enterprise Data & AI Software
- **Target customers**: B2G (state and local government, federal agencies, public safety), B2B (financial services, travel, enterprise)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To help the world’s most critical organizations solve their hardest problems — the ones that shape the safety, stability, and strength of entire communities [peregrine.io](https://peregrine.io/careers).

## Products & Services
- **Peregrine Platform (Full-Stack AI)**: A SaaS platform that ingests, enriches, and connects data from siloed legacy systems into a unified operational view. It includes:
  - **Data Governance**: Granular, role-based access controls and full auditability to ensure privacy and civil liberties protections.
  - **Semantic Ontology**: Understands an organization’s unique terminology, data relationships, and rules.
  - **AI & Intuitive Interfaces**: Surfaces actionable intelligence to both leadership and frontline operators via natural language queries and dashboards.
  - **Forward Deployed Engineering**: Peregrine deploys engineers directly with customer teams to understand workflows and tailor the platform on-site.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: $6.8 billion (as of Series D, June 22, 2026) [peregrine.io](https://peregrine.io/resources/peregrine-technologies-raises-250-million-series-d-at-68-billion-valuation)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of $250 million in its latest Series D round. Estimated annual revenue of $25M–$50M [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/peregrine-technologies).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Fifth Down Capital, Sequoia Capital, OG Venture Partners, Goldcrest Capital, XYZ Ventures, Godfrey Capital [peregrine.io](https://peregrine.io/resources/peregrine-technologies-raises-250-million-series-d-at-68-billion-valuation)
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Doubled customer base in the past year, now supporting 400+ agencies across North America serving 125M+ people.
  - Expanded to federal, enterprise, and international markets with offices in Toronto and London.
  - Headcount grew 106.7% YoY to 298 employees [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/peregrine-technologies).
  - Used for high-profile events: Super Bowl, Grammys, World Series, Kentucky Derby, Academy Awards, and eight of eleven World Cup host cities in 2026.
  - In Fairfax County, VA, helped identify a child abduction suspect in 13 minutes.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep vertical integration**: The platform is not a generic AI tool; it is purpose-built for high-stakes, mission-critical operations with built-in privacy, security, and governance from day one.
- **Forward Deployed Engineering model**: Engineers embed directly with customers to tailor the platform to their specific workflows, creating deep switching costs and high customer stickiness.
- **Trust and compliance focus**: Designed for transparency and security, giving customers full ownership and control over their data with role-based access and clear AI oversight.
- **Proven real-world impact**: Track record of quantifiable outcomes (e.g., crime reduction, faster emergency response) builds credibility and a strong reference base.

## Strategic Focus
- **Product Development**: Continued investment in AI capabilities and platform depth.
- **Market Expansion**: Scaling from state/local government into federal agencies, enterprise sectors (financial services, travel), and international markets (Canada, UK).
- **Team Growth**: Expanding engineering and implementation teams to support rapid customer acquisition and deployment.
- **Liquidity for employees**: The Series D included a liquidity opportunity for employees, signaling a mature approach to talent retention.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-driven work**: Employees directly contribute to public safety and community well-being. The company emphasizes that the impact is "visible, tangible, and often life-changing" [peregrine.io](https://peregrine.io/careers).
- **High autonomy and ownership**: The company seeks "entrepreneurial thinkers" and promises extreme agency and cross-functional collaboration, allowing employees to shape the work and company [peregrine.io](https://peregrine.io/careers).
- **Exceptional growth velocity**: Headcount doubled in the last year, and the company states that an employee’s career trajectory will match the company’s speed [peregrine.io](https://peregrine.io/careers).
- **Culture**: Values include integrity, service, empathy, a beginner’s mindset, and diversity as an imperative for better decision-making [peregrine.io](https://peregrine.io/careers).
- **Work model**: Hybrid/office-based presence in San Francisco, Washington DC, New York City, Toronto, and London. Daily team lunches are provided to foster collaboration [peregrine.io](https://peregrine.io/careers).
- **Key Benefits (US-based)**:
  - Health, dental, and vision insurance
  - Mental health support and services
  - 401k
  - Unlimited PTO
  - Commuting benefits
  - Paid parental leave
  - Life and disability insurance
  - Fertility and family planning support [peregrine.io](https://peregrine.io/careers)
- **Engineering culture**: Hands-on experience, autonomy, educational resources, and cross-team collaboration are highlighted as key career accelerators [peregrine.io](https://peregrine.io/careers).

## Sources
1. [Peregrine.io - Homepage](https://peregrine.io/)
2. [Peregrine.io - Careers](https://peregrine.io/careers)
3. [Greenhouse - Jobs at Peregrine](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/peregrinetechnologies)
4. [LinkedIn - Peregrine Technologies](https://www.linkedin.com/company/peregrine-technologies)
5. [Peregrine.io - Series D Announcement](https://peregrine.io/resources/peregrine-technologies-raises-250-million-series-d-at-68-billion-valuation)

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