Staff Data Infrastructure Engineer

Rocket Mortgage

Staff Data Infrastructure Engineer shaping the future of enterprise data infrastructure across Rocket's platforms. Leading modernization of critical infrastructure and driving improvements in complex environments.

Posted 5/22/2026full-timeRemote • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $149,000 - $318,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDistributed Systems

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Partner with technical program leadership to assess and modernize enterprise data infrastructure
Lead technical discovery, dependency mapping, architecture reviews, and operational readiness planning
Define technical recommendations and practical roadmaps for reliability, security, and scalability
Support migration and modernization efforts involving on-premise infrastructure, AWS, Snowflake, and data platforms
Establish standards and best practices for monitoring, alerting, logging, backup/recovery, and production support
Provide technical judgment, mentorship, and hands-on leadership

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of experience in systems engineering, cloud engineering, data infrastructure, database engineering, or related roles
Expert-level experience with AWS and enterprise cloud infrastructure patterns
Expert-level understanding of database and data platform technologies including relational databases, data warehouses, distributed systems
Experience with on-premise to cloud migration programs
Strong understanding of observability, monitoring, incident response, disaster recovery, and production operations
Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical findings to technical and executive audiences

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health benefits
401K retirement plan
Paid-time off
On-call expectations for production systems

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Hard Skills & Tools

systems engineeringcloud engineeringdata infrastructuredatabase engineeringAWSrelational databasesdata warehousesdistributed systemsobservabilitydisaster recovery

Soft Skills

strong communication skillsmentorshiphands-on leadership