Senior Data Platform Engineer – Space Data & Analytics

Umbra; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Time Off

Stock Options

Free parking

Free lunch in office daily

Job summary

Umbra, an American space technology company, is seeking a Senior/Staff Data Platform Engineer to lead our data infrastructure for autonomous satellite operations and analytics. The role involves designing scalable data pipelines, developing lakehouse patterns, and collaborating with product and engineering teams across on-site offices in Santa Barbara/Goleta, CA and Arlington, VA (Reston, VA coming soon).

You will work with Databricks, dbt, and cloud services to enable real-time decision-making

Qualifications

• BS in CS/Data Science or equivalent.
• 15+ years of professional data engineering experience.
• Strong SQL and data warehousing / lakehouse knowledge.
• Experience with Python and SQL pipelines, version control, CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and infrastructure.
• Develop data models, warehouses, lakehouse patterns, and dbt transformations.
• Build analytics data platform capabilities using Databricks and cloud services.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure data quality and reliability.
• Implement data governance, security, lineage, and observability practices.

Skills

SQL proficiency

Python

Databricks

dbt

Hadoop ecosystem

Data warehousing

Lakehouse architecture

CI/CD

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)

Observability tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Data Science or equivalent

Tools

Omni Analytics

Tableau

Power BI

CI/CD tooling

Terraform

Job description

Umbra, an American space technology company, is seeking a Senior/Staff Data Platform Engineer to lead our data infrastructure for autonomous satellite operations and analytics. The role involves designing scalable data pipelines, developing lakehouse patterns, and collaborating with product and engineering teams across on-site offices in Santa Barbara/Goleta, CA and Arlington, VA (Reston, VA coming soon).

You will work with Databricks, dbt, and cloud services to enable real-time decision-making