Senior Space Data Platform Engineer

Umbra Space; Santa Barbara (CA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Time Off

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life

Stock Options

401k with company contribution

Free parking

Free lunch in office daily

Pet Insurance

Job summary

Umbra Space seeks a Senior/Staff Data Platform Engineer to lead data infrastructure for autonomous satellite operations and analytics. You will design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines, models, and lakehouse architectures to empower decision-making and performance.

You will collaborate with product teams and multidisciplinary engineers to implement governance, security, and observability while leveraging Databricks, dbt, and cloud services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, or a related field.
• 8+ years of professional experience as a data engineer or in similar roles.
• Strong proficiency in SQL and data warehousing/lakehouse concepts.
• Python and SQL for data pipelines with CI/CD practices.
• Experience with analytics tools like Tableau/Power BI.
• Hands-on with Databricks, Hadoop, or similar.
• Experience with dbt or similar data modeling frameworks.
• Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure) for data storage/processing.
• Familiarity with monitoring/observability tools.
• Strong communication and collaborative skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and infrastructure for satellite and operations data.
• Develop data models, data warehouses, and lakehouse patterns for analytics and ML.
• Build and operate data platform capabilities using Databricks, dbt, and cloud services.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define data requirements and ensure quality.
• Implement data governance, security, and cost-management practices.

Skills

SQL proficiency

Data warehousing

Python

CI/CD

Analytics visualization

Cloud platforms

Monitoring/observability

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Data Science or related field

Tools

Databricks

Hadoop ecosystem

dbt

Tableau/Power BI

Job description

Umbra Space seeks a Senior/Staff Data Platform Engineer to lead data infrastructure for autonomous satellite operations and analytics. You will design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines, models, and lakehouse architectures to empower decision-making and performance.

You will collaborate with product teams and multidisciplinary engineers to implement governance, security, and observability while leveraging Databricks, dbt, and cloud services.