Senior Data Engineer building scalable data platforms for Alpaca’s global brokerage infrastructure. Operating Kubernetes, streaming, lakehouse, and cloud data systems at scale.
Responsibilities
Design, build, and evolve the core data platform infrastructure, including distributed query engines, orchestration, warehousing, and cataloging
Own lakehouse infrastructure as code, managing deployments through Terraform and Ansible on Kubernetes
Build and maintain low-latency streaming and CDC ingestion pipelines, as well as batch ingestion paths landing in Iceberg
Develop and scale the BI landscape for performant, self-serve access to lakehouse data
Enforce platform reliability best practices, including monitoring and alerting, on-call rotations, incident response, maintenance windows, runbooks, and SLAs
Partner with DevOps, Analytics Engineering, and other stakeholders to close infrastructure gaps and support new data requirements
Requirements
5+ years of experience in Data Engineering, including 2+ years building and operating scalable, low-latency data platforms handling > 100M events/day
Strong hands-on experience running data infrastructure on Kubernetes, with cloud-native tooling like Docker and Helm
Production experience with IaC: Terraform, Ansible, and ArgoCD (or equivalents)
Deep knowledge of distributed systems (storage, transactions, and query processing) with hands-on experience operating open-source query engines like Trino or Presto
Strong experience with object storage and open table formats, specifically Apache Iceberg
Experience with streaming and CDC systems: Kafka, Redpanda, and Debezium
Hands-on experience with orchestration frameworks (Airflow) and ELT tools (Airbyte)
Strong working knowledge of Python and SQL for building pipelines and platform tooling
Experience with Google Cloud Platform and its data services (GCS, Cloud Build, Cloud SQL, Dataproc, etc); or related experience with other cloud services
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment and adapt infrastructure to rapidly changing needs
Benefits
Competitive Salary & Stock Options
Health Benefits
New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500
Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card
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