Senior Platform Data Engineer — Remote, AI-Driven Infra

CrowdStrike Inc.; Nashville (TN); Remote; USD 140,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-leading compensation & equity

Wellness programs

Generous vacation & holidays

Parental & adoption leave

Professional development

Employee Networks & volunteering

Vibrant culture & recognition

Job summary

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

You will ensure reliability, scalability, and performance of CrowdStrike's data platform, integrating Airflow, Superset, DBT, and OpenMetadata while mentoring junior engineers and delivering secure, IaC-driven solutions. The role emphasizes leadership, advanced Python development, and cloud expertise across AWS/GCP/Azure/OCI, with CJIS clearance eligibility as a

Qualifications

• Must be eligible for CJIS clearance (U.S. citizenship or Green Card).
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 8+ years of combined infrastructure and data engineering experience.
• Advanced Python programming (5+ years).
• Expert knowledge of Apache Airflow deployment and administration.
• 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 of DBT and OpenMetadata.

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

Airflow

Superset

Python

CI/CD

IaC

Data modeling

SQL

Kubernetes

Security/compliance

OpenMetadata

DBT

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

OpenMetadata

DBT

Apache Superset

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

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

You will ensure reliability, scalability, and performance of CrowdStrike's data platform, integrating Airflow, Superset, DBT, and OpenMetadata while mentoring junior engineers and delivering secure, IaC-driven solutions. The role emphasizes leadership, advanced Python development, and cloud expertise across AWS/GCP/Azure/OCI, with CJIS clearance eligibility as a