Remote Senior Platform Data Engineer — Analytics & Scale

Kenyan Edu; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 276,000 - 380,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Faire is seeking a highly experienced Data Platform Leader to drive scalable data infrastructure across Platform and Product groups. You will define technology strategy, set roadmaps, and guide architecture while balancing hands-on development with leadership.

You will influence data ingest, storage, ETL/ELT, governance, and analytics tooling, partnering with Data Science, Strategy & Analytics, and Finance to unlock insights and scale globally.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and operating data streaming, batch, ETL/ELT, orchestration, storage, compute, workflow systems at scale.
• Architecture patterns and reliable data pipelines across teams.
• Strong SQL and Python skills and experience.

Responsibilities

• Plan and drive data infrastructure projects that scale with growth.
• Lead architecture development with a focus on data integrity, security, performance, and cost control.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance across multiple teams.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data pipelines

Leadership

Architecture

Communication

Data governance

AWS

Cost optimization

Education

Bachelor's in CS or equivalent

Tools

Snowflake

Airflow

Spark

Kubernetes

Job description

Faire is seeking a highly experienced Data Platform Leader to drive scalable data infrastructure across Platform and Product groups. You will define technology strategy, set roadmaps, and guide architecture while balancing hands-on development with leadership.

You will influence data ingest, storage, ETL/ELT, governance, and analytics tooling, partnering with Data Science, Strategy & Analytics, and Finance to unlock insights and scale globally.