Associate Data Platform Engineer
Core
Build and operate large-scale distributed data systems (TB–PB scale) for analytics, ML, and data products using Scala, Python, Spark, Kafka, Airflow, and BigQuery on GCP.
Role type
Associate Data Platform Engineer
Builds
Batch and streaming data pipelines, platform configuration, observability dashboards, and data quality monitoring frameworks
Domain
Digital marketing technology / Data Infrastructure
Required skills
Scala, Python, SQL, Spark, Kafka, Airflow, BigQuery, GCP, Git, distributed systems, debugging
Preferred skills
CI/CD, infrastructure as code, data formats (Parquet, Avro, JSON), dbt, BI tooling
Technologies
Scala, Python, Spark, Kafka, Airflow, BigQuery, GCP, Cloud Storage, Astronomer
Responsibilities
Develop batch and streaming pipeline components; configure platform components (tables, partitioning, storage); build monitoring dashboards and alerting; shadow on-call rotation and debug incidents; implement data quality checks; follow security and cost governance practices
Seniority
Associate, early career with mentorship