Technical Lead, Data Platform

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Architecture & Design Leadership

• Define platform and data architecture direction in partnership with other tech leads and senior engineers
• Lead and guide the engineers to do design reviews through RFCs peer discussion and structured technical feedback
• Represent the team in cross-domain technical forums (schemas Kafka workflows data governance etc.)
• Establish repeatable patterns and engineering best practices that raise the engineering bar across the organization

Backlog & Delivery

• Partner with engineering and product stakeholders to run backlog processes and set clear priorities
• Lead sprint planning including effort estimation team allocation and acceptance criteria (definition of done)
• Facilitate daily stand-ups and drive active engagement and accountability
• Maintain and facilitate consistent PR review throughput and ensure healthy peer review practices

Operational Excellence

• Own SLA-setting and reviews in collaboration with engineering management
• Maintain and improve runbooks on-call documentation and incident workflows
• Act as incident commander during P0/P1 events and coordinate cross-functional response
• Ensure post-incident reviews lead to measurable improvements in reliability and observability

Technical Contribution

• Balance technical leadership with direct contributions to the codebase spending meaning fulltime on handsâon coding to remain close to implementation details.
• Ship critical-path features and guide others in delivering scalable maintainable solutions
• Mentor engineers through pairing code reviews and knowledge-sharing

Documentation & Knowledge Management

• Maintain up-to-date documentation for runbooks RFCs architectural decisions and incident workflows
• Promote a documentation-first async-friendly culture that supports distributed collaboration

Mentorship & Coaching

• Mentor engineers to deliver independently by helping them break down ambiguous problems and scope work effectively
• Provide technical guidance and clarify project direction as needed
• Foster a culture of collaboration and teamwork by pairing with engineers on complex challenges and on-call issues
• Coach engineers on writing RFCs and presenting technical designs to broader audiences

Leadership Expectations

• Be confident and data driven in decision-making
• Advocate for engineering best practices even when inconvenient
• Balance coding time with leadership facilitation and mentoring
• Foster a culture of clear documentation healthy debate and ownership
• Communicate proactively across teams and functions

OTHER SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Track record of leading architectural decisions and driving technical alignment across teams
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to facilitate technical discussions and drive decisions
• Strong documentation habits and commitment to reducing tribal knowledge
• Data warehouses: Snowflake
• Observability: Prometheus Grafana PagerDuty Data quality/governance experience Schema management: Schema Registry Protobuf Avro

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Languages: Python or any other higher-level programming language proficiency in SQL
• Streaming: Kafka redpanda or any other streaming service
• Batch: dbt or equivalent tool
• Cloud: AWS/GCP/Azure
• Databases: PostgreSQL or equivalent
• Infrastructure: Kubernetes Docker Terraform docker
• CI/CD: Git GitHub GitHub Actions

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelors Degree in Information Technology Math or related field; Equivalent experience will be considered
• High School Diploma or GED equivalency required
• 4 years of software engineering experience in data platform and infrastructure
• Deep experience building and operating large-scale data platforms or distributed data systems
• Strong proficiency in backend languages commonly used in data engineering (e.g. PythonJava Scala Go)
• Hands-on experience with streaming technologies (Kafka Redpanda Materialize or similar) and data pipeline orchestration

Certification and Licenses

• Professional certification may be required in some cases

Physical Requirements

• Job may require extended sitting or standing use of standard office equipment.
• Job requires the ability to use vision adjust focus and work on a standard computer screen.
• Use of audio-visual equipment is required.

WHY SHOULD YOU WORK FOR CRANE

At Crane we believe in providing our employees with excellent benefits at a Great Place to Work.

We offer:

• Quarterly Incentive Plan
• 136 hours of Paid Time Off which equals 17 days for the year that can be used for Sick Time or for Personal Use
• Excellent Medical Dental and Vision benefits
• Tuition Reimbursement for education related to your job
• Employee Referral Bonuses
• Employee Recognition and Rewards Program
• Paid Volunteer Time to support a cause that is close to your heart and contributes to our communities
• Employee Discounts
• Wellness Incentives that can go up to $100 per year for completing challenges in addition to a discount on contribution rates

Come join the leader in logistics and take your career in the right direction.

Disclaimer:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time as needed.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

This position requires the final candidate to successfully pass an E-Verify Check.

More Information: benefits are contingent upon meeting eligibility requirements and plan conditions.