Data Platform Engineering Team Leader
Core
Lead the engineering team building and operating large-scale distributed data infrastructure powering reporting, billing, experimentation, and ML training for a performance advertising platform.
Role type
Senior IC/Lead Data Platform Engineering Team Leader
Builds
Reliable, scalable data pipelines and shared infrastructure (Spark SQL, Kafka, Kubernetes)
Domain
Advertising technology / Big Data Infrastructure
Deliverable
infrastructure
Required skills
Java, distributed systems, Kafka, Spark, Kubernetes, SQL, NoSQL, object-oriented design, concurrent programming, technical leadership, architecture design
Preferred skills
dbt, Airflow, StarRocks, Druid, AI agents, ML data pipelines
Technologies
Kafka, Spark, Linux, Kubernetes, dbt, Airflow, StarRocks, Druid, Spark SQL
Responsibilities
Lead, mentor, and grow a team of software engineers; Define technical strategy, roadmap, and architecture; Own reliability and performance of data pipelines; Partner with product, finance, and ML teams; Drive adoption of modern data technologies and AI practices; Review architecture, code, and technical designs; Guide evolution of Spark SQL platform; Represent team in architecture reviews and hiring.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities
