Senior Platform Data Engineer — Remote, AI-Powered Infra

CrowdStrike Inc.; Sacramento (CA); Remote; USD 140,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market leader compensation and equity

Comprehensive wellness programs

Generous vacation and holidays

Parental and adoption leaves

Professional development opportunities

Employee networks and volunteering

Vibrant office culture with amenities

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

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

This role sits at the intersection of infrastructure and data engineering, ensuring the data platform is reliable, scalable, and secure, with hands-on work on Airflow, Superset, Terraform, and DBT among others. You will mentor teammates and influence platform direction in a fast-paced AI-driven environment.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Strong 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 (Terraform).
• Container orchestration with Kubernetes and Docker in production.
• SQL and data modeling expertise.
• CJIS clearance eligibility (U.S. citizenship or Green Card).
• Experience with DBT and OpenMetadata.
• Experience with cybersecurity data and AI technologies to enhance decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, and administer core platform tooling including Airflow and Superset in production.
• Manage IaC for data platform components using Terraform.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for platform services and data workflows.
• Implement 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

Python

Airflow

Superset

DBT

OpenMetadata

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

SQL

AI technologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree (bonus)

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

OCI

Job description

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

This role sits at the intersection of infrastructure and data engineering, ensuring the data platform is reliable, scalable, and secure, with hands-on work on Airflow, Superset, Terraform, and DBT among others. You will mentor teammates and influence platform direction in a fast-paced AI-driven environment.