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WEX

Staff Software Engineer – Semantic Foundation

WEX

. Design, deploy, scale, and maintain highly available Apache Airflow clusters using Helm, Kubernetes, and Terraform .

Posted 9/17/2026full-timeRemote • California • United StatesLead💰 $140,600 - $173,100 per yearWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in designing, deploying, and maintaining data platforms using Apache Airflow, Kubernetes, and Terraform. Proficient in automating CI/CD pipelines, optimizing cloud infrastructure costs, and mentoring engineering teams.

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Apache Airflow ManagementKubernetes ExpertiseTerraform ProficiencyCI/CD Pipeline ArchitectureCloud Cost Optimization

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Hard Skills
Apache AirflowKubernetesTerraformDockerArgoCDGitHub ActionsGrafanaPrometheusApache SparkSQL
Soft Skills
MentoringCollaborationProblem-Solving
Tools & Technologies
AWSAzureDataHubSnowflakeAzure SynapseDbtApache Kafka
Industry Keywords
DevOpsSite Reliability EngineeringBig DataData Platform EngineeringGitOps

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AirflowApacheAWSAzureCloudDockerGrafanaKafkaKubernetesPrometheusPythonSparkSQLTerraformGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Design, deploy, scale, and maintain highly available Apache Airflow clusters using Helm, Kubernetes, and Terraform
  • Drive DevOps practices with Terraform, Helm Charts, and ArgoCD
  • Automate platform deployments, manage self-hosted GitHub runners, and enforce GitOps workflows
  • Architect and manage CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions for data pipelines, infrastructure components, and DAGs
  • Provision and manage Kubernetes EKS/AKS clusters, Docker containers, and AWS/Azure cloud infrastructure
  • Build and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting systems using Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, and centralized log management solutions
  • Build scalable data infrastructure for Apache Spark, AWS EMR, Snowflake, Azure Synapse, Apache Kafka, and dbt
  • Deploy and maintain data discovery and metadata tooling such as DataHub
  • Monitor, audit, and optimize AWS and Azure compute and storage costs
  • Build internal tools, CLI utilities, and dynamic workflow templates
  • Own data platform modules from architecture through deployment, production operations, and incident management
  • Define and enforce engineering standards for code quality, design, testing, data lineage, security, access controls, IAM, and schema management
  • Partner with data leads, product managers, and business stakeholders on a 1–2 year data platform roadmap
  • Mentor junior and mid-level data platform engineers

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 6+ years of hands-on professional experience in Data Platform Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering supporting big data environments
  • Deep production experience managing, tuning, dynamically scaling, and troubleshooting Apache Airflow infrastructure
  • Expert-level skills in Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, Docker, ArgoCD, and GitHub Actions, including custom runner configurations
  • Proven experience configuring production alerting, metrics collection, and log aggregation using Grafana, Prometheus, and Loki
  • Deep operational and configuration experience with Spark, AWS EMR, Snowflake, Azure Synapse, dbt, and Apache Kafka
  • Hands-on experience with AWS and/or Azure, with a demonstrated history of cloud cost optimization
  • Experience deploying or managing data cataloging tools such as DataHub, Amundsen, or similar metadata management platforms
  • Strong programming skills in Python, Bash, Go, or SQL
  • Comfortable taking complex architectural requirements from concept to production-grade deployment
  • Driven to replace manual operational tasks with code, automated tests, automated CI/CD checks, and resilient self-healing infrastructure
  • Must reside within 30 miles of Portland, ME; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; San Francisco Bay Area, CA; or Seattle, WA

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Retirement savings plan
  • Paid time off
  • Health savings account
  • Flexible spending accounts
  • Life insurance
  • Disability insurance
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Quarterly or annual bonus eligibility for non-sales roles