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Data Platform Engineer

Contract · In Office · Austin, Texas (USA)

$55,000–$64,000 · Posted Jul 17, 2026

Work Options
Cloud Stack
Job Type
Position Group
  • Job Title: Data Platform Engineer
  • Location: Austin, TX (Hybrid)
  • Duration: 12/31/2026 Likely to Extend
  • Minimum Qualifications:
  • 5+ years of professional experience with large-scale data platform, data product development, and platform operations
  • 2+ years of experience developing and operating infrastructure, data platforms, and cloud services in hybrid environments (On-prem, AWS, or GCP)
  • Hands-on experience with operations automation and observability on HDFS and Objectstores
  • Experience with Jupyter Notebook environment automation and operations
  • Proficient in one or more programming languages (Python, Java, or Scala) for automation, API integrations, and Spark job development
  • Proficient with analytics stack including Apache Spark/Flink, Iceberg, Airflow, and Kubernetes
  • Preferred Qualifications:
  • Knowledge of CI/CD technologies including GitLab, Terraform, Docker/Kubernetes, and cloud monitoring tools (Splunk, Grafana, Datadog)
  • Experience implementing security controls, governance processes, compliance validation, infrastructure cost analysis, and optimization

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