Senior Staff Platform Engineer - Federal
Core
Architect and deliver large-scale distributed platform components and data ingestion solutions for high-performance data-in-motion and backend storage systems.
Role type
Senior Staff Platform Engineer (IC5)
Builds
Scalable distributed systems, data lake architectures, foundational libraries, and frameworks.
Domain
Data infrastructure, distributed systems, cloud-native platforms
Required skills
Distributed systems architecture, Java (JVM internals, tuning), Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, Apache Spark, Apache Iceberg, Helm, Relational databases (Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL), Concurrency, Networking, OS internals
Preferred skills
AI integration in engineering workflows, GitOps, DevOps practices, Data governance strategies
Responsibilities
Architect high-performance distributed systems, build data ingestion solutions, enforce engineering best practices, provide technical leadership for complex projects, troubleshoot production issues, research and adopt new technologies.
Seniority
Senior Staff, hands-on IC with significant leadership
