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Senior Staff Data Platform Engineer - Apache Iceberg - Apache Spark

Santa Clara, CALIFORNIA, us💼 Full-time💰 $201,300–$201,300🗓 2026-09-01 → 2026-09-25

Core

Architect and build large-scale distributed data platform components, focusing on data ingestion pipelines and Data Lake architectures using Apache Iceberg and Spark.

Role type

Senior Staff IC Data Platform Engineer

Builds

Scalable, high-performance data ingestion solutions and foundational libraries for data-in-motion and backend storage systems.

Domain

Enterprise software, distributed systems, data engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Distributed systems architecture, Java (JVM internals, tuning), Kafka/stream processing, Data Lake design, Apache Iceberg, Apache Spark, Parquet/ORC/Avro, DevOps

Preferred skills

AI integration in engineering workflows, schema evolution strategies, fault-tolerant workflow design

Technologies

Apache Iceberg, Apache Spark, Kafka, Java, Parquet, ORC, Avro, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle

Responsibilities

Architect high-performance distributed systems, build data ingestion solutions, design extensible software frameworks, troubleshoot production issues, provide technical leadership, research new technologies

Seniority

Senior Staff (IC5), hands-on IC with significant leadership

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