Senior Software Engineer (Senior Data Infrastructure Engineer)

Senior Data Infrastructure Engineer

Job Description

• Manage and optimize Databricks infrastructure including cluster lifecycle management job scheduling Unity Catalog administration user permissions and cost monitoring.
• Manage Airflow clusters deployed on Kubernetes via Helm charts including upgrades configuration management and integration with ArgoCD and Vault.
• Write and maintain Terraform modules to provision and manage cloud infrastructure in a scalable reliable and secure manner.
• Develop and maintain data pipelines and workflows using Python PySpark and dbt to support data processing and analytics use cases.
• Use GitHub Copilot with custom skills and agents to improve team productivity automate repetitive development tasks and accelerate code reviews and documentation.
• Communicate with stakeholders across the organization to understand their data needs and translate them into infrastructure and pipeline solutions.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure data quality and consistency across the organization.
• Review and approve infrastructure and pipeline changes from team members applying runbooks and automation components.
• Participate in on-call rotation for data infrastructure and pipeline incidents. You will be expected to take all necessary actions to resolve issues and restore services to a normal state.
• Review and maintain technical documentation keeping it up to date with current system state and runbooks.

Qualifications :

• 5 years of professional software engineering experience.
• 5 years of experience with AWS and Kubernetes.
• 3 years managing Databricks infrastructure including cluster management job scheduling user management cost monitoring and performance optimization.
• 3 years of Python development for data pipelines and workflows including PySpark and dbt.
• 2 years managing Airflow infrastructure.
• 2 years writing and maintaining Terraform modules for cloud infrastructure.
• Proficiency in using agent tools for software engineering tasks such as code generation documentation and automation.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to understand data needs and deliver solutions.
• Analytical thinking and attention to detail.

Nice to Have

• Experience with ArgoCD for GitOps-based deployment workflows.
• Experience with HashiCorp Vault for secrets management.
• Experience with uv for Python dependency and project management.
• Knowledge of data quality frameworks and consistency practices across distributed teams.
• Experience with Azure.

Additional Information :

Our Benefits

• Flexible working environment
• Volunteer time off
• LinkedIn Learning
• Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

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Employment Type :

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