Staff Data Engineer
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Shape the technical direction and architecture of the data platform across infrastructure, Databricks, streaming, data products, and governance
Identify and drive resolution of cross-cutting technical challenges across multiple data engineering teams and internal and customer-facing projects
Define and evolve platform-wide standards, patterns, and abstractions adopted across teams
Influence roadmap priorities by framing trade-offs, surfacing opportunities, and driving alignment across engineering, product, and analytics
Drive adoption of changes across teams, not just delivery
Mentor and elevate senior engineers through complex problems and architectural decisions
Navigate ambiguity and lead complex, multi-squad initiatives with minimal direction
Requirements
- 9+ years of experience as a data engineer in a modern, production-grade cloud data platform
- Meaningful exposure across several key platform domains: IaC infrastructure (Terraform/Atmos), CDC streaming (Kafka, Flink, Debezium), Databricks operations, data governance, batch and streaming pipelines, and developer experience
- Track record of cross-team impact
- Strong Python and dbt skills
- Demonstrated ability to frame ambiguous technical problems and drive them to resolution with minimal guidance
- Experience navigating organizational complexity and aligning stakeholders
- Experience making architectural decisions with long-term, multi-year consequences
- Strong technical judgment balanced with pragmatism
- Knowledge of compliance and regulatory frameworks such as GDPR, CCPA, SOC2, and FedRAMP (nice-to-have)
- Experience designing golden paths and self-service tooling for engineering teams (nice-to-have)
Core Competencies
Demonstrates extensive experience in shaping data platform architecture and driving cross-team collaboration, with a strong focus on data governance, streaming technologies, and compliance frameworks. Proven ability to mentor engineers and navigate complex organizational structures to achieve strategic goals.
Highest-signal resume keywords
- Data Platform Architecture
- Python Programming
- Databricks Operations
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Cross-Team Collaboration
ATS Optimization Keywords
Hard Skills
- Data Engineering
- Terraform
- Kafka
- Flink
- Debezium
- Batch and Streaming Pipelines
- Dbt
- Technical Judgment
- Architectural Decision-Making
- Data Governance
Soft Skills
- Mentoring
- Problem-Solving
- Stakeholder Alignment
- Navigating Ambiguity
- Driving Adoption
Industry Keywords
- GDPR
- CCPA
- SOC2
- FedRAMP
Tools & Technologies
- Databricks
- Terraform
- Kafka
- Flink
- Debezium
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