Staff Data Engineer: Platform Architect & Cross-Team Leader

MaintainX; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

MaintainX, a leading mobile-first work execution platform, seeks a Staff Data Engineer to shape the data platform across infrastructure, Databricks, streaming, data products, and governance. You will set standards, drive architecture, and influence multiple teams while delivering high-impact solutions.

You will mentor senior engineers, tackle cross-team challenges, and partner with product and analytics to align roadmaps with long-term platform goals. Strong Python and dbt skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of experience as a data engineer in a modern, production-grade cloud data platform.
• Strong Python and dbt skills.
• Experience navigating organizational complexity and aligning stakeholders.
• Experience making architectural decisions with long-term, multi-year consequences.

Responsibilities

• Shape the technical direction and architecture of the data platform across its full surface area: infrastructure, Databricks, streaming, data products, and governance.
• Proactively identify and drive resolution of cross-cutting technical challenges before they become delivery blockers, working across multiple data engineering teams and both internal and customer-facing projects.
• Define and evolve platform-wide standards, patterns, and abstractions adopted across teams.
• Influence roadmap priorities by framing trade-offs, surfacing opportunities, and driving alignment across engineering, product, and analytics.
• Drive adoption of changes across teams, not just their delivery.
• Mentor and elevate senior engineers through complex problems and architectural decisions.

Skills

Python

dbt

Data architecture

Cross-team impact

Tools

Terraform

Atmos

Kafka

Flink

Debezium

Databricks

Job description

MaintainX, a leading mobile-first work execution platform, seeks a Staff Data Engineer to shape the data platform across infrastructure, Databricks, streaming, data products, and governance. You will set standards, drive architecture, and influence multiple teams while delivering high-impact solutions.

You will mentor senior engineers, tackle cross-team challenges, and partner with product and analytics to align roadmaps with long-term platform goals. Strong Python and dbt skills are essential.