Senior Data Platform Engineer

MassMutual Ventures; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 145,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

3 well-located offices

Remote work options

Mentorship and growth programs

Wellness program

Job summary

VIA is seeking a Senior Data Platform Engineer to architect and operate secure, scalable data infrastructure. You will build resilient pipelines, optimize performance, and partner with teams to ensure reliable data flows and AI model deployment.

Strong Python, cloud, Kubernetes, and data governance experience are essential. You will collaborate across data professionals, developers, and DevOps to advance observability and reliability while working in a dynamic environment that values innovation

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a data-driven role.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in science, mathematics, engineering, or data-driven field.
• A solid foundation in Python for scripting, automation, and tooling across the data platform.
• Proven experience architecting scalable relational and NoSQL data schemas.
• Expertise in maximizing system performance via query tuning, indexing, and execution plans.
• Hands-on with AWS data services (RDS, Aurora, Lambda) or Azure equivalents, plus IaC for provisioning.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and container observability.
• Experience building resilient pipelines with Dagster or Airflow.
• Strong understanding of how data infra fits into application architecture.
• Experience with Git, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code; track record deploying production systems.

Responsibilities

• Architect, provision, and maintain secure cloud-based data infrastructure with IaC.
• Engineer and deploy resilient real-time and batch data pipelines with CI/CD.
• Monitor and optimize data infrastructure and pipeline performance.
• Collaborate with application teams to troubleshoot data workflows and queries.
• Drive data governance, health, integrity, and security across teams.
• Operationalize AI models via versioning, containerization, and deployment.

Skills

Python scripting

SQL/NoSQL design

Performance tuning

Cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure)

Terraform/Helm IaC

Kubernetes/Docker

Data orchestration (Dagster/Airflow)

Git/CI/CD

System architecture

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in data science / engineering / related field

Tools

Dagster

Apache Airflow

Job description

VIA is making an impact, and so can you.

Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, VIA is a mission-critical software company that enables organizations to share and analyze sensitive data at speed without compromising security or control. VIA’s decentralized architecture keeps data sovereign, while its agentic AI helps organizations solve critical challenges, and its military-grade security governs access. Designed for simplicity, rapid deployment, and disconnected environments, VIA makes sensitive data usable wherever the mission happens, even offline. The Department of War, Fortune 50 companies, and critical infrastructure companies around the globe trust VIA to help them solve their toughest analytics and digital security challenges. Learn more: solvewithvia.com.

An impressive mission requires an equally impressive Senior Data Platform Engineer.

As a Senior Data Platform Engineer at VIA, you'll bring together core data engineering skills with an interest in the DevOps side of things: Kubernetes, container insights, and resource allocation, alongside a solid understanding of our application logic, database queries, and data pipeline orchestration. Your day-to-day will include supporting application workflows and pipeline reliability, and helping us stay ahead of the scaling and observability challenges that come with growth.

You will build the foundation that empowers our customers to harness AI for human-centric, data-driven decision-making. You will work cross-functionally with a high-performing team of data professionals, developers, DevOps, and Client Delivery specialists who are already pushing the boundaries of what's possible with AI.

Individuals who excel in this role are motivated by solving complex data infrastructure and reliability challenges, holding a high bar for pipeline observability and system performance, and enjoy operating at the intersection of application logic and infrastructure. Are you ready to join us?

Read more about our mission, team, and values here.

In this role, you will:

• Architect & provision secure data infrastructure: Design, provision, and maintain cloud-based data storage and platform infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform, Helm), optimizing schemas for multi-tenant environments while ensuring security and a high standard of trust and transparency
• Engineer and deploy data pipelines: Develop, deploy, and maintain resilient pipelines for both real-time streaming and batch processing, with deployment (CI/CD, IaC) as a top priority, ensuring seamless data flow from raw ingestion to production-ready applications
• Monitor and optimize infrastructure: Build monitoring and alerting systems to track data health and system performance, proactively identifying and remediating bottlenecks
• Support application workflows: Partner directly with the application team to troubleshoot database queries, pipeline logic, and data-related application issues as they come up
• Drive data governance and best practices: Contribute across teams to recommend tools, processes, and best practices for maintaining data health, integrity, and security
• Operationalize AI models: Support AI operations (MLOps) by managing versioning, containerization, and deployment of AI models

Requirements

What you will bring to this role:

• Experience: 5+ years of experience in a data-driven role
• Education: Bachelor’s or Master's degree in science, mathematics, engineering, or a data-driven field
• Core engineering: A strong foundation in Python (or equivalent) for scripting, automation, and tooling across the data platform
• Data architecture: Proven experience architecting scalable relational and non-relational (SQL/NoSQL) schemas
• Performance engineering: Expertise in maximizing system performance through advanced query tuning, strategic indexing, and execution plan analysis to eliminate technical bottlenecks
• Cloud & platform infrastructure: Hands-on experience with AWS data services (e.g., RDS, Aurora, Lambda) or Azure equivalents, plus infrastructure-as-code (Terraform and/or Helm) for provisioning and deploying data infrastructure
• Container orchestration & monitoring: Working knowledge of container build and orchestration tools (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker), and container-level observability (e.g., resource allocation, cluster health, container insights)
• Data orchestration: Experience building resilient pipelines using frameworks such as Dagster or Apache Airflow
• Systems thinking: A strong understanding of how data infrastructure integrates into the broader application architecture
• Professional standards: Experience with modern software development practices, including version control (Git), CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code, with a demonstrated track record of deploying production systems

What does it take to be a successful VIAneer? Let’s break it down, our VIAneers are:

• Self-motivated and passionate about leaving everything they touch better than how they found it
• Firm believers that people should love what they do and are eager to build a culture that enables them to do their best work
• Creative problem solvers who respectfully challenge the status quo in the pursuit of excellence
• People who lead discussions with curiosity and value diverse perspectives
• Eager to explore new ideas, understand the power of feedback, and constantly seek opportunities to grow and develop their skills
• Strong team players who thrive in collaborative environments and celebrate the success of others

Benefits

What can VIA do for you?

VIA offers competitive benefits, flexible work options, and individualized mentoring and growth opportunities. Here are just a few of our VIAneers’ favorite perks:

• Compensation:
  • This role offers a salary range of $145,000 - $190,000 USD per year
  • 401K plan with up to 5% employer contribution
• Health: A fully funded, top-tier health benefits plan, including vision and dental coverage, fully covered from day one, for your whole family
• Family Support: Up to 24 weeks paid parental leave, a 4-week paid ramp-back program, and a $10K family forming benefit (covering fertility treatments, adoption, and surrogacy)
• Time off: Flexible Vacation Policy with no set annual limit or accrual period, Summer Fridays, and an extended holiday period in December
• Remote work: Ability to enjoy the best of both worlds with flexibility to work from home as needed, as well as access to three well-located offices, designed for collaboration and stocked with everything you could need
  • Opportunities to work remotely from eligible locations for up to 2 months per year
• Growth: Individualized growth opportunities, including internal and external mentorship panels, custom goals and feedback sessions, and/or access to learning and development programs, including VIA’s unrivaled leadership program
  • A dedicated wellness advisor to help you navigate the programs and opportunities available at VIA
• Transit: Benefits to support commuting costs
• Connection: In-person events to foster team bonding and collaboration across different teams

Read more about our benefits and perks here.

Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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