Sr. Lead Software Engineer, Data Platform

United StatesFull-TimeLead
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Experience
8–10+ years of experience
Required Skills
AWSPythonSQLGCPSnowflakeAzureBigQueryDatabricks

Requirements

  • 8–10+ years of experience in software engineering or data platform engineering
  • Strong focus on building scalable distributed data systems
  • Deep expertise in data ingestion patterns, including CDC
  • Strong knowledge of how data is modeled and optimized within lakehouse architectures
  • Highly proficient in Python and SQL
  • Track record of delivering production-grade, maintainable, and testable code
  • Hands-on experience with cloud data services across AWS, GCP, or Azure
  • Familiarity with modern data warehouses such as Snowflake, BigQuery, or Databricks
  • Understanding of large-scale data pipeline design
  • Experience with query engines like Trino or Presto
  • Experience with Apache Iceberg or Delta Lake
  • Experience with data governance, metadata, and lineage practices
  • Strong communicator with a collaborative mindset

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement scalable data ingestion systems supporting high-volume batch and streaming (CDC) pipelines across diverse data sources.
  • Build and enhance core data platform components including ingestion, validation, orchestration, lineage, and data quality frameworks.
  • Develop and evolve a centralized data lake architecture using Apache Iceberg or similar lakehouse technologies.
  • Architect and implement cloud-agnostic data processing solutions across AWS, GCP, and Azure environments.
  • Contribute to the semantic layer to ensure data is consumable for analytics, BI, and downstream applications.
  • Define and promote engineering standards for observability, testing, performance, and operational excellence across the data platform.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to align data modeling, storage, and consumption strategies.
  • Provide technical leadership through design reviews, mentorship, and hands-on engineering contributions.
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