Remote Platform Data Engineer - Airflow & Data Infra Lead

CrowdStrike Inc.; Denver (CO); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market leading compensation and equity

Wellness programs

Generous vacation and holidays

Parental and adoption leaves

Professional development

Employee networks and volunteer events

Vibrant office culture and Great Place

Job summary

CrowdStrike, Inc. is seeking an experienced Platform Data Engineer to architect, deploy, and operate the core data infrastructure underpinning our analytics ecosystem.

This role sits at the intersection of infrastructure and data engineering, owning the reliability, scalability, and performance of the data platform. You will deploy critical tooling like Airflow and Superset, implement IaC with Terraform, and build CI/CD pipelines for data workflows while ensuring security and compliance.

Qualifications

• Must be eligible for CJIS clearance (requires U.S. citizenship or Green Card/permanent resident status).
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 5+ years of combined infrastructure and data engineering experience.
• Advanced Python programming (5+ years).
• Expert knowledge of Apache Airflow deployment and administration.
• Strong experience deploying and managing Apache Superset or similar BI platforms.
• Cloud platform expertise across AWS, GCP, Azure, or OCI including IAM, networking, and managed services.
• Infrastructure-as-Code proficiency.
• Container orchestration experience with Kubernetes and/or Docker in production.
• Knowledge and experience with DBT and OpenMetadata.
• SQL and data modeling expertise.
• Experience with data security and compliance requirements.
• Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, and administer core platform tooling including Airflow, and Superset in production environments
• Manage infrastructure-as-code (IaC) for data platform components using Terraform
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for platform services and data workflow deployments
• Implement and enforce platform security, access controls, and compliance standards
• Develop and maintain data models using DBT and catalog assets within OpenMetadata
• Write efficient Python code for platform automation and data processing
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership

Skills

Advanced Python programming

AI technologies experience

Data modeling

Security/compliance awareness

Leadership/mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Apache Airflow

Apache Superset

DBT

OpenMetadata

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

GCP

Azure

OCI

Job description

CrowdStrike, Inc. is seeking an experienced Platform Data Engineer to architect, deploy, and operate the core data infrastructure underpinning our analytics ecosystem.

This role sits at the intersection of infrastructure and data engineering, owning the reliability, scalability, and performance of the data platform. You will deploy critical tooling like Airflow and Superset, implement IaC with Terraform, and build CI/CD pipelines for data workflows while ensuring security and compliance.