Data Lead

About the Company

ASI's mission-critical technology powers decision-making across aviation, defense, energy, and other critical infrastructure domains. Backed by top-tier investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Spark Capital, and Renegade Partners, ASI delivers operational decision superiority—compressing days of analysis into seconds of action.

Responsibilities

• Own the reality layer that powers ASI's defense products
• Operate, improve, and expand data flows from mission systems into usable, trusted datasets
• Perform data forensics to determine data meaning and translate findings into actionable pipelines
• Debug data through profiling, anomaly detection, and source reconciliation
• Communicate technical findings regarding data behavior and engineering requirements

Requirements

• Active SECRET or TOP SECRET U.S. Security Clearance
• Fluency with modern data engineering tooling (streaming/batch pipelines, schema evolution, data contracts)
• Experience with distributed messaging and processing (Kafka, Flink, Spark, or equivalents)
• Proficiency with modern orchestration (Airflow, Dagster, Temporal, or similar)
• Strong grasp of API design and integration patterns (REST, gRPC, GraphQL)
• Experience with data formats including JSON, XML, Protobuf, and binary protocols
• Knowledge of modern network protocols, firewalls, and system-level connections
• Familiarity with defense operational data and mission systems
• Comfort operating in classified network environments (SIPR, JWICS) and accreditation boundaries (IL5/IL6, ATO)
• Experience deploying data infrastructure on Kubernetes and hybrid cloud/on-prem environments