Parsable

Staff Engineer & Technical Lead – Ontology

Remote

$200,000 – $350,000Compensation
Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Enterprise Software, Data & Analytics, SaaSIndustries

Requirements

Candidates should have 8+ years of experience building data-heavy systems, including schema design, identity resolution, and event pipelines that are idempotent, incremental, and testable. Proven technical lead impact is required, with experience in leading multiple technical initiatives.

Responsibilities

The Staff Engineer & Technical Lead – Ontology will own the ontology by defining entities, relationships, and versioning data contracts, balancing abstraction and specificity for cross-client reusability. Responsibilities include hydrating and linking data through idempotent, incremental pipelines to unify identities into stable Parable IDs and persist them in lakehouse tables. They will establish gold sources and standards, productize research by transforming client solutions into reusable ontology pipelines, and co-design stable APIs and query surfaces to power client UX. The role involves partnering upstream to specify connector mappings and entity keys, and raising the bar for technical standards in testability, observability, lineage, and validation to ensure ontology jobs are dependable and easy to operate per tenant.

Skills

Ontology
Enterprise Schema
Data Ingestion
Identity Resolution
Data Modeling
Scalability
Technical Leadership
C++
GCP
VPC
Compute
Storage
KMS

Parsable

Optimizes frontline operations for industries

About Parsable

Parsable offers a digital platform that improves frontline operations for manufacturing and industrial companies by identifying and addressing operational inefficiencies. Its main product is an authoring tool that allows clients to create and distribute digital work instructions, while also capturing work execution data through a mobile app. The platform promotes workforce engagement with messaging portals for team collaboration and provides real-time data analysis to unlock insights. Parsable differentiates itself by automating data processing for audits and inspections, aiming to help clients build resilience and agility in their operations.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2013Year Founded
$124.4MTotal Funding
SERIES_DCompany Stage
Data & Analytics, Industrial & ManufacturingIndustries
51-200Employees

Risks

Emerging digital platforms may erode Parsable's market share.
Integration challenges post-acquisition by CAI Software could disrupt operations.
Data privacy concerns could lead to regulatory scrutiny and reputational damage.

Differentiation

Parsable transforms paper-based procedures into mobile, interactive work instructions.
The platform offers AI-powered analytics for advanced data insights in industrial operations.
Parsable's Connected Worker Platform enables real-time collaboration and data sharing.

Upsides

Increased demand for digital transformation boosts Parsable's platform adoption.
AI-powered analytics position Parsable as a leader in optimizing frontline operations.
Growing ESG emphasis aligns with Parsable's sustainability-enhancing digital tools.

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