Staff Data Engineer — Platform Architect & Leader

MaintainX (An Autodesk Company); San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

MaintainX is seeking a Staff Data Engineer to lead our cloud data platform across infrastructure, streaming, and governance. You will define standards, mentor engineers, and drive architectural decisions with impact across multiple teams.

You will influence Databricks, CDC pipelines, and data products, shaping the roadmap and ensuring scalable, reliable data operations for a large enterprise audience.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of experience as a data engineer in a modern cloud data platform.
• Exposure to IaC, CDC streaming, Databricks, data governance, and pipelines.
• Track record of cross-team impact and architectural decisions.

Responsibilities

• Shape the data platform architecture across infrastructure, Databricks, streaming, and governance.
• Drive cross-team resolutions and align engineering, product, and analytics.
• Define platform-wide standards and promote adoption across squads.
• Mentor senior engineers on complex problems and architecture.

Skills

Python

dbt

Databricks

Kafka

Flink

Debezium

Terraform

Atmos

Data governance

Cross-team impact

Tools

Databricks

Kafka

Flink

Debezium

Terraform

Atmos

Job description

MaintainX is seeking a Staff Data Engineer to lead our cloud data platform across infrastructure, streaming, and governance. You will define standards, mentor engineers, and drive architectural decisions with impact across multiple teams.

You will influence Databricks, CDC pipelines, and data products, shaping the roadmap and ensuring scalable, reliable data operations for a large enterprise audience.