Data Platform Engineer (Associate)
Core
Unify a diverse ecosystem of siloed analytics applications into a coherent, scalable technology platform by designing integration patterns and shared services.
Role type
Associate Platform Integration Engineer
Builds
Shared platform services (auth, observability, config), unified data presentation layers, and integration patterns for distributed systems.
Domain
Cloud infrastructure and data platform engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Backend language proficiency (Python, Go, Java), cloud platform expertise (AWS), data pipeline engineering (ETL/ELT), AI-assisted development tooling, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CDK, Pulumi)
Preferred skills
Heterogeneous technology stack rationalization, analytics/ML platform tooling (Airflow, dbt, MLflow, Spark), API gateway/service mesh management, structured and semi-structured data handling at scale
Technologies
AWS, Spark, Terraform, CDK, Pulumi, Airflow, dbt, MLflow
Responsibilities
Audit existing analytics applications to understand technology choices and data flows; Design and implement integration patterns (APIs, event streams) for siloed applications; Build and maintain shared platform services; Develop unified data presentation layers from heterogeneous compute environments; Deploy and manage platform services on cloud infrastructure; Contribute to infrastructure-as-code practices.
Seniority
Associate, hands-on IC