Senior Data & Platform Engineer - Remote

Overview

The Senior Data & Platform Engineer is responsible for the day-to-day technical execution, reliability, and evolution of GID’s enterprise data platform. This role ensures the data foundation is scalable, secure, cost-optimized, and ready to power analytics, AI, operational automation, and internal applications.

In Short

• Own design architecture, reliability, and performance of the enterprise data platform.
• Implement and maintain modern data stack components (e.g., Snowflake, DBT).
• Build and maintain analytics-ready and AI-ready data pipelines.
• Establish and enforce standards for data quality and governance.
• Collaborate with engineering and data teams to develop data products.
• Mentor data engineers and act as the principal technical lead.
• Drive technical prioritization and execution of the platform roadmap.
• Ensure platform scalability, availability, security posture, and cost efficiency.
• Maintain compliance with privacy regulations.
• Develop and execute a unified vision for data products and engineering.

Requirements

• 7–10+ years in data & analytics engineering, platform engineering, or related fields.
• Experience designing and operating modern cloud data platforms (Snowflake, DBT).
• Strong understanding of Snowflake and Microsoft Azure.
• Expertise in building data pipelines using tools like Azure Data Factory.
• Proficiency in SQL, Python, and data modeling.
• Strong problem-solving and systems thinking abilities.
• Excellent communication skills.
• A mindset of automation and continuous improvement.
• Ability to work in fast-moving environments with evolving requirements.
• Experience in modernizing legacy data landscapes.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, and PTO.
• 1 hour of paid sick and safe time for every 30 hours worked.
• 10 days of paid vacation time accrued bi-weekly.
• 6 weeks of paid parental leave.
• 10 paid holidays annually and up to 3 floating days.
• Bonus potential of 15%.