Senior Staff Platform Engineer

. Analyze industry trends focused on cloud computing and data platform technologies .

Posted 9/25/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSenior💰 $137,200 - $205,800 per yearWebsite

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformInformaticaOraclePySparkTableau

Key responsibilities & impact

Analyze industry trends focused on cloud computing and data platform technologies
Collaborate with architects across organizational boundaries to advance technical capabilities
Translate industry trends into actionable capabilities
Design and engineer reusable target-state platform architectures
Define strategies and roadmaps to guide transformation efforts
Create architecture patterns for cloud data ecosystems, including AWS Cloud, PySpark, Snowflake, Tableau, and ThoughtSpot
Collaborate with internal customers to evaluate needs and provide architectural guidance for batch/streaming, real-time and near-real-time integration/ELT, analytic data structuring, cloud migrations, and AI support
Build relationships with internal customers and proactively identify platform and technical needs
Drive product evaluations, define scoring criteria, and provide technical recommendations
Build infrastructure-as-code and cloud platforms for proofs of concept
Incorporate DevOps and DataOps practices to increase automation
Drive technical road shows to improve service adoption

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
At least 6 or more years of solid, diverse work experience in cloud computing, data delivery applications, analytics or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
At least 3 years of experience providing architectural guidance and technical direction to developers, or platform administrators
At least 2 years of experience (or equivalent training/certification) designing and implementing solutions in AWS and GCP Services
Ability to learn new technologies quickly and perform major job responsibilities proficiently within 6–12 months
Experience building applications/platforms using agile scrum methodologies
Strong analytical ability, problem analysis techniques, and broad knowledge of technology alternatives
Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively with business and IT partners
Preferred: experience or equivalent training/certification designing and/or implementing data delivery solutions using Data Integration Tools (Informatica, Talend, etc.) and/or Data Platforms (Oracle, Snowflake, S3, RDS, etc.) or Data Management (Cataloging, Lineage, Quality, MDM, etc.)
Must be authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship
The company will not support the STEM OPT I-983 Training Plan endorsement for this position

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