Data Platform Engineer - Build Scalable Data Infrastructure

Hasbro, Inc.; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 108,300 - 162,500; Full time

Job summary

Hasbro, Inc. in Boston is seeking a Data Platform Engineer to help build and maintain the shared data platform powering analytics, ML, and data science across the company. You’ll work with Databricks, Snowflake, and cloud tooling to deliver scalable infrastructure and tooling for data teams.

In this role you’ll partner with analytics and BI teams to resolve platform issues, optimize costs, and contribute to governance. This is an early‑career opportunity with mentorship from senior engineers.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience in data engineering, software engineering, or a related technical role.
• Familiarity with and hands‑on exposure to cloud‑based data platforms.
• Strong SQL skills and proficiency in Python or similar data-oriented language.
• Fundamentals of data pipelines: batch processing, scheduling, and data modeling.
• Exposure to infrastructure‑as‑code concepts; Terraform is a plus.
• Familiarity with Git‑based workflows and CI/CD fundamentals (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or equivalent).
• Curiosity, growth mindset, and ability to learn new technical skills quickly.
• Ability to share information clearly and collaborate across technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain shared platform infrastructure, including data pipeline frameworks, reusable templates, and developer tooling.
• Support cloud data platforms (Databricks and Snowflake) including monitoring, access management, and performance issues.
• Implement and maintain infrastructure‑as‑code (Terraform) for data platform components.
• Evaluate new tools and conduct proofs‑of‑concepts to inform platform decisions.
• Support optimization and governance of Databricks and Snowflake environments, including cost monitoring and query performance.
• Help maintain platform capabilities and environment configurations to enable data/ML teams.
• Partner with analytics and BI teams to resolve data platform issues and ensure accessible data products.
• Support monitoring of streaming infrastructure (Kafka) and related tooling, with mentorship from senior engineers.
• Assist in building and testing pipeline framework components for batch and streaming workloads.
• Monitor platform health, respond to alerts, and participate in incident response under guidance.
• Write and maintain documentation, runbooks, and operational guides for platform reliability.
• Participate in post‑mortems and drive follow‑up improvements.
• Collaborate with senior engineers to learn architecture patterns and standard methodologies.

Skills

Data engineering

Software engineering

SQL

Python

CI/CD fundamentals

Cloud platforms

Collaboration

Tools

Terraform

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Databricks

Snowflake

Job description

Hasbro, Inc. in Boston is seeking a Data Platform Engineer to help build and maintain the shared data platform powering analytics, ML, and data science across the company. You’ll work with Databricks, Snowflake, and cloud tooling to deliver scalable infrastructure and tooling for data teams.

In this role you’ll partner with analytics and BI teams to resolve platform issues, optimize costs, and contribute to governance. This is an early‑career opportunity with mentorship from senior engineers.