Full-Time

Senior Software Engineer / Tech Lead

Saas Platform & Product, OSS Product

Updated on 9/4/2026

Acryl Data

Acryl Data

51-200 employees

Provides metadata platform for data observability

No salary listed

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Remote

Category
Software Engineering (1)
Required Skills
Java
Observability
REST APIs
DevOps

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Requirements
  • Over 8+ years of experience building and scaling backend systems, preferably in cloud-first or SaaS environments.
  • Solve complex technical and system design problems.
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals, with deep experience in designing distributed systems, APIs.
  • You are proficient in Java, and you write clean, well-documented code that stands the test of time.
  • Proficient in deploying and operating services on cloud platforms.
  • Experienced with CI/CD pipelines, version control workflows, and production-grade system monitoring.
  • You have bias for action, comfort with ambiguity, and a track record of leading complex projects from design to production.
  • Build and Drive observability, improvements and cost optimization.
Responsibilities
  • Build core capabilities for our SaaS Platform across multiple clouds
  • Drive development of functional enhancements for Data Discovery, Observability & Governance for both OSS and SaaS offering
  • Lead efforts around non functional aspects like performance, scalability, reliability
  • Lead and mentor junior engineers
  • Work closely with PM, Customers and OSS community
Desired Qualifications
  • Bonus: Exposure to the modern data stack or experience in metadata, governance, or AI-enhanced platforms.

Acryl Data offers Acryl Cloud, a metadata platform for data management that combines a data catalog with data observability. It helps data producers and consumers organize, understand, and derive fast value from data using Shift Left practices that embed testing early in development. The platform continuously detects data quality incidents in real time, automates anomaly detection, and provides time-based data lineage to trace root causes, with both push and pull metadata ingestion. Pricing is subscription or usage-based, serving teams from technical to non-technical to monitor the health of datasets and pipelines and accelerate issue resolution.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$21M

Headquarters

Santa Clara, California

Founded

2021

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • May 2025 Series B brought total funding to $65 million, extending runway.
  • 2026 releases added analytics-agent context and expanded DataHub Cloud capabilities for enterprise buyers.
  • Open source DataHub remains a distribution engine, funneling developers into paid cloud upgrades.

What critics are saying

  • DataHub Cloud rebrand signals Acryl’s identity depends on a community project, not proprietary moats.
  • Bessemer’s May 2025 Series B came after earlier 2023 dilution, pressuring growth expectations.
  • Atlassian, Collibra, and BigID attack the same metadata budget; slower sales kills momentum.

What makes Acryl Data unique

  • DataHub’s open-source footprint and LinkedIn origins anchor enterprise trust and adoption.
  • The platform spans catalog, lineage, observability, and AI context in one control plane.
  • May 2026 launch pushed trusted context for analytics agents beyond 90% accuracy.

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Company News

Team IT Security
May 21st, 2025
Acryl Data raises $35M Series B

DataHub, by Acryl Data, has secured $35 million in Series B funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners. This funding aims to enhance their open source metadata platform, enabling AI to safely manage and utilize data.

i-programmer.info
Jun 26th, 2023
Acryl Adds Advanced Data Observability

Vercel has announced AI Accelerator, a program for AI builders and early stage startups, along with AI Playground, an environment in which developers can experiment with AI technologies.

The New Stack
Jun 23rd, 2023
Acryl Data Unveils Data Observability Capabilities, Adds Funding

Yesterday, Acryl Data announced the launch of Acryl Observe, a data observability module for its flagship Acryl Cloud offering.

Google
Jun 23rd, 2023
Acryl Data unveils Data Observability capabilities, adds funding

Acryl Data unveils Data Observability capabilities, adds funding.

Beritaja
Jun 22nd, 2023
Acryl Data raises $21M to grow its enterprise data catalog platform

With the explosion of different kinds of data, companies are struggling to realize meaningful value from their stored data. Data teams are overworked, meanwhile — forced to cater to the needs of disparate departments within an organization while trying...