CareerPlan

Lead Platform Engineer (Java, Python)

USAFull-time$162k2026-10-16 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Design and deliver enterprise-grade, event-driven data platforms and reusable engineering building blocks for investment, analytics, and reporting.

Role type

Senior IC Lead Platform Engineer (Java/Python/Scala)

Builds

Governed, event-driven data ecosystems supporting near real-time data for investment and analytics

Domain

Financial services / Asset management / Data infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure

Required skills

Distributed systems, Event-driven architecture, Kafka, Java, Python, Scala, CI/CD, Data governance, Observability, Technical strategy, Mentorship

Preferred skills

Financial services experience, Asset management experience

Technologies

Kafka, Java, Python, Scala, REST, CI/CD

Responsibilities

Define and execute data platform engineering strategy, design event-driven architectures using streaming platforms, establish data governance and observability practices, partner with engineering and product teams, promote engineering excellence via automation, provide technical direction and mentorship, drive adoption of scalable solutions.