Infrastructure Engineering Lead
Core
Own technical direction, architecture, and delivery of core production data infrastructure (MySQL, SingleStore, Snowflake, Airflow, Microservices) to manage petabyte-scale data with reliability and cost-efficiency.
Role type
Senior IC infrastructure engineering lead (data systems)
Builds
Cloud-based data systems, production databases, and microservices architecture
Domain
Data infrastructure, cloud computing, big data
Required skills
Cloud infrastructure design, database administration (MySQL, SingleStore, PostgreSQL), DevOps/DataOps, Python/Java/Go, Linux, CI/CD, team mentorship, vendor management
Preferred skills
Big Data technologies (Snowflake, Kafka, Spark), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi, Ansible), AI tool integration (via careerplan.io/jobs/22-00A-0B-270-infrastructure-engineering-lead-at-skai)
Technologies
MySQL, SingleStore, Snowflake, Airflow, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, AWS, Python, Java, Go, Bash, Linux, Terraform, Pulumi, Ansible, Kafka, Spark
Responsibilities
Set engineering guardrails and lead architectural reviews for cloud data systems; Own Scrum processes and drive multi-project execution; Serve as primary technical escalation point for 24/7 production issues; Oversee operational readiness, high availability, backup, and recovery; Mentor team members and foster engineering excellence; Align roadmap planning with business goals and manage data infrastructure vendors
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities
