Senior Data Engineer — Global Cloud Data Pipelines (Hybrid)

Telemetry Today LLC; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 143,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

HSA with company contribution

Paid time off (PTO) and holidays

Parental leave (16 weeks)

Wellness & EAP programs

Home office reimbursement

Phone & Internet reimbursement

Tuition reimbursement & LinkedIn Learn

Equity

Commuter benefits

Job summary

Planet is seeking a Senior Data Engineer in Arlington, VA to own, architect, and build production-scale data ecosystems using modern cloud technologies. You will partner with cross-functional stakeholders to translate requirements into robust data solutions, from architecture to CI/CD and production integration.

You will lead the evolution of data systems supporting global monitoring products for defense and intelligence applications, in a hybrid role based at our Arlington office three days per

Qualifications

• 6-8 years of data engineering with leadership experience.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• Expertise in end-to-end data architectures for global-scale, customer-facing solutions.
• Expert-level Python and SQL for ETL/ELT pipelines, including event-driven architectures.
• Proactive, self-starter mindset for leading problem-solving in a dynamic, high-stakes environment.
• Exceptional communication skills to translate between technical execution and business requirements.
• Deep experience with CI/CD workflows using GitLab CI, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Significant experience with cloud-native architectures (GCP preferred).
• Experience tuning Parquet storage formats to ensure sub-second query performance.

Responsibilities

• Architect and oversee robust, high-availability data pipelines.
• Collaborate with global product, commercial and engineering leads to design a long-term data strategy for products in scope.
• Drive mentorship, technical design reviews, and architectural integrity across the Data Team.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data architectures

Cloud-native

Communication skills

Problem solving

Self-starter

CI/CD

GCP

Parquet

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field

Tools

GitLab CI

Docker

Kubernetes

dbt

Terraform

Parquet tuning

Job description

Planet is seeking a Senior Data Engineer in Arlington, VA to own, architect, and build production-scale data ecosystems using modern cloud technologies. You will partner with cross-functional stakeholders to translate requirements into robust data solutions, from architecture to CI/CD and production integration.

You will lead the evolution of data systems supporting global monitoring products for defense and intelligence applications, in a hybrid role based at our Arlington office three days per