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Senior Data and Platform Engineer
Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies. Design, build, deploy, and maintain applications and services supporting engineering process execution .
Posted 9/25/2026full-timeIrvine • California • United StatesSenior💰 $121,500 - $167,100 per yearWebsite
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesAWSPySparkPythonSparkSQLTableauTerraform
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Design, build, deploy, and maintain applications and services supporting engineering process execution
- Own the full application lifecycle, including deployment, monitoring, and support
- Build integrations and automations across the engineering toolchain
- Eliminate manual handoffs and maintain data consistency between systems
- Model, pipeline, and maintain data for process and quality reporting using Databricks
- Act as product manager for applications and automations
- Elicit and document requirements, manage backlogs and roadmaps, set scope and timing expectations, and prioritize with stakeholders
- Collaborate with engineering teams, process owners, and leadership across Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies
- Translate process intent into technical implementation
- Manage AWS and Databricks resources and GitLab CI/CD pipelines
- Maintain reliability, security, and cost efficiency
- Document solutions and keep tools and automations maintainable
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field — or equivalent practical experience
- 3+ years of professional software development experience
- Experience taking applications from concept to production use by real users
- Strong hands-on proficiency in Python, including services, automations, and data processing
- Practical experience deploying and operating applications on AWS, including compute, storage, IAM, and networking fundamentals
- Working experience building and maintaining Databricks data pipelines and datasets using Spark/PySpark, SQL, and Delta
- Experience with GitLab source control and CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployment
- Demonstrated end-to-end ownership of a tool, application, or automation
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work effectively across time zones and with non-software-engineer stakeholders
- Comfortable operating with limited direction in a fast-moving environment
- Preferred: workflow automation or low-code platforms
- Preferred: requirements and issue management tools such as Jira, Codebeamer, Polarion, or DOORS and their APIs
- Preferred: dashboards and reporting layers such as Databricks dashboards, Power BI, or Tableau
- Preferred: Terraform or similar infrastructure-as-code tooling
- Preferred: modern front-end framework
- Preferred: automotive or regulated/safety-critical engineering experience
Benefits
Comp & perks- Annual company performance bonus program; annual bonus target of 10%
- Equity in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), subject to board approval and vesting requirements
- Health coverage
- Retirement savings
- Time off
- Family planning programs
- Comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees