Drive the architecture, design, and evolution of our enterprise data platform.

Set technical direction, mentor engineers, and champion engineering excellence across the team.

Collaborate with data architects, engineering managers, and product teams.

Define and deliver the next generation of data products and platform capabilities at scale.

Design and build scalable data pipelines that power analytics and machine learning.

Own the design and evolution of workflow orchestration using Apache Airflow.

Lead the strategy for real-time streaming ingestion using Kafka.

Champion and advance data modeling standards across the platform.

Define and implement observability strategy using Datadog.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

10+ years of experience in data engineering or software engineering, with at least 3+ years operating at a senior/staff level.

Strong proficiency in Python (required) and SQL.

Expert-level knowledge of cloud data warehouses (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery).

Proven track record of designing and scaling data platforms in production environments.

Strong expertise in data modeling — dimensional modeling, star/snowflake schemas, data vault.

Extensive experience with workflow orchestration tools (Apache Airflow preferred).





Strong understanding of streaming technologies (Apache Kafka, Snowpipe) and event-driven architectures.

Experience with AWS services (S3, MWAA, Glue).Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and CI/CD tools (CircleCI, Harness, GitHub Actions).

Experience with Datadog or similar monitoring and observability platforms.

Core Competencies
Demonstrates expertise in designing and evolving enterprise data platforms, with a solid focus on data modeling, workflow orchestration, and real-time streaming ingestion. Proficient in Python, SQL, and cloud data warehouses, while also championing engineering excellence and observability strategies.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Data Engineering

Python Programming

Cloud Data Warehouses

Workflow Orchestration

Data Modeling

ATS Optimization Keywords
Hard Skills

Python

SQL

Data Modeling

Cloud Data Warehouses

Apache Airflow

Apache Kafka

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD Tools

Observability Strategy

Data Pipelines

Soft Skills

Mentoring

Collaboration

Leadership

Industry Keywords

Data Platform

Real-Time Streaming

Event-Driven Architecture

Dimensional Modeling

Star Schema

Snowflake Schema

Data Vault

Tools & Technologies

Datadog

AWS

Terraform

CircleCI

GitHub Actions

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