Software Engineer at Ooak Data

About the role

What will you do at Ooak Data?

First full-time software engineer hire (CDI) at Ooak Data (YC S26). The core challenge is building and scaling a data connector platform — a UI for clients to plug in and manage 50+ different data source types (Google Drive, Slack, emails, videos, images, etc.), each with its own quirks. They can't use a generic connector; each extension type needs custom handling.

Currently managed by freelancers; this hire starts the permanent engineering team.

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