Head of Data Infrastructure
Core
Architect, own, and build the central data infrastructure for a portfolio of 25+ vertical market SaaS companies, enabling data-driven operations, AI capabilities, and acquisition diligence.
Role type
Senior data infrastructure leader (hands-on IC)
Builds
Central data lakehouse, warehouse, and pipeline architecture unifying data across diverse portfolio companies
Domain
SaaS / Data Infrastructure / Cloud Platforms
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
distributed systems, cloud data platforms, Python, SQL, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Pulumi), modern lakehouse/warehouse internals (Iceberg, Delta, Parquet, Snowflake, Databricks), streaming architectures (Kafka, Kinesis, Flink), CDC patterns
Preferred skills
multi-tenant isolation design, cross-cloud connectivity, AI feature engineering, acquisition technical diligence
Technologies
Snowflake, Databricks, Kafka, Kinesis, Flink, Terraform, Pulumi, dbt, Spark, AWS, Azure
Responsibilities
Design and build Beacon's lakehouse, warehouse, and pipeline architecture; define ingestion strategy for diverse source systems; establish data modeling, transformation, and lineage standards; set real-time and batch processing frameworks; implement multi-tenant isolation and security posture; own infrastructure-as-code modules; partner on AI feature stores and vector infrastructure; evaluate vendor stack (warehouse, orchestration, BI); assess target data maturity during acquisition diligence
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
