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Cloud Data Platform Engineer

Chicago, IL💼 Full-time💰 $137,400–$137,400🗓 2026-07-31 → 2026-09-25

Core

Design, implement, and operate a scalable, secure, high-performance cloud-based data platform (Lakehouse architecture) enabling data warehousing, analytics, and AI capabilities for enterprise clients.

Role type

Senior Cloud Data Platform Engineer

Builds

Modern Lakehouse architecture, self-service data platform services, CI/CD pipelines, and automation frameworks for data ingestion, transformation, and AI workloads.

Domain

Financial Services / Cloud Data Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Cloud infrastructure engineering, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi), Data pipeline orchestration (Airflow, Kafka), Data platform management (Snowflake, Databricks), SQL, Python, Java, Scala, Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), DevSecOps practices, FinOps principles.

Preferred skills

Experience in regulated environments (GDPR, HIPAA, SOC2), Mentorship of junior engineers, Knowledge of emerging cloud data services.

Technologies

Azure, AWS, Snowflake, Databricks, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Azure Data Factory, Apache Airflow, dbt, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Python, SQL, Java, Scala, CloudFormation, Pulumi.

Responsibilities

Design and implement cloud data platform services and infrastructure; Develop reusable platform services, templates, and automation patterns; Implement CI/CD, IaC, and configuration management practices; Optimize platform performance, cost, and scalability; Enforce governance, security, and compliance standards; Collaborate with architects and engineering teams to define platform standards and roadmaps.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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