Data Platform Lead: Scale, Reliability & Innovation

9nexus; United States; Remote; USD 160,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

9nexus is seeking an experienced Data Platform Lead in the United States to build and support enterprise-scale data and analytics platforms, ideally using Starburst Enterprise, Trino or Presto. You will lead a small engineering team and own production operations.

This hands-on role requires deep expertise in Kubernetes, AWS, CI/CD, Python, SQL, YAML, Docker and Helm, plus strong collaboration with vendors and stakeholders to improve reliability, security and performance.

Qualifications

• Hands-on expertise in Python, SQL, YAML, Docker, Helm, and Kubernetes.
• Experience with Starburst, Trino/Presto, AWS, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to drive platform reliability, security and performance improvements.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small engineering team to build and support enterprise-scale data platforms.
• Manage Kubernetes deployments, AWS infrastructure, and CI/CD processes.
• Oversee platform upgrades, incident resolution, and production operations.
• Foster documentation, knowledge sharing, and team development.

Skills

Technical leadership

Production support

Incident management

Team leadership

Tools

Starburst

Trino

Presto

Kubernetes

Helm

Docker

AWS

Python

SQL

YAML

GitHub Actions

CI/CD

RDS

Job description

9nexus is seeking an experienced Data Platform Lead in the United States to build and support enterprise-scale data and analytics platforms, ideally using Starburst Enterprise, Trino or Presto. You will lead a small engineering team and own production operations.

This hands-on role requires deep expertise in Kubernetes, AWS, CI/CD, Python, SQL, YAML, Docker and Helm, plus strong collaboration with vendors and stakeholders to improve reliability, security and performance.