Staff Data Infrastructure Engineer
Core
Design and build the data infrastructure that moves data from production databases into analytical stores for analysts and data scientists.
Role type
Staff Data Infrastructure Engineer
Builds
CDC and streaming ingestion layers, lakehouse architectures on open table formats, and data quality observability tools.
Domain
E-commerce marketplace data platform
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Change data capture, streaming ingestion, Apache Iceberg, Apache Spark, data quality contracts, infrastructure as code, cross-team leadership
Preferred skills
Marketplace/transaction-heavy business experience
Technologies
CockroachDB, MySQL, Kafka, Fivetran, Airflow, Snowflake, Databricks, S3, AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, Python, Kotlin, SQL
Responsibilities
Set technical direction for data movement and own the roadmap; Build CDC and streaming ingestion layers handling ordering, deduplication, and schema evolution; Implement data contracts and quality checks with tools like Anomalo and Monte Carlo; Own platform reliability including SLOs and incident reviews; Lead migration of existing pipelines without breaking dependencies; Mentor senior engineers on data engineering practices.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities
