Senior Software Engineer, Data Governance & Foundations
Core
Architecting and operating the core data ecosystem (data lakehouse, streaming, analytical compute) for a grocery delivery platform.
Role type
Senior IC data infrastructure architect
Builds
Modern data lakehouse, Kafka-based streaming, Postgres-based systems, self-serve tooling
Domain
Grocery delivery / Data infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
distributed systems, data lakehouse architectures (Iceberg, Delta Lake, Hudi), distributed query systems (Trino, Spark, ClickHouse), event-driven infrastructure (Kafka, Flink), platform migration, TCO modeling, technical writing, organizational influence
Preferred skills
data governance frameworks (SOX, CPRA, GDPR), FinOps, SQL, Python/Scala, orchestration (Airflow), dbt
Technologies
Kafka, Postgres, Snowflake, Databricks, Confluent, Apache Iceberg, Delta Lake, Hudi, Trino, Spark, ClickHouse, Flink, Apache Airflow, dbt
Responsibilities
Define multi-year architecture roadmaps for data ingestion and processing; own end-to-end platform initiatives from build vs buy to production rollout; partner with vendors on integration and TCO; embed governance and compliance controls into platform architecture; optimize infrastructure spend and manage multi-million dollar budgets; write architecture documents and strategy memos; mentor engineers and grow the data infrastructure organization
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with architectural leadership
