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Senior Platform Engineer – Data Platform
VanguardSenior Platform Engineer at Vanguard designing scalable data platforms and optimizing storage systems in cloud environments. Collaborating with teams to enhance AI and analytics capabilities.
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesApacheAWSCloudDistributed SystemsJavaPython
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Design and build scalable, distributed data platforms on AWS supporting AI and analytics workloads
- Develop and optimize modern data storage systems using technologies like Apache Iceberg and Databricks
- Build cloud-native platform services and applications, primarily in Python
- Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment workflows using GitHub
- Operate and improve production cloud environments, ensuring high availability, performance, and reliability
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across data platforms, infrastructure, and applications
- Implement automation and infrastructure-as-code solutions to improve scalability and efficiency
- Optimize storage performance, data access patterns, and system throughput
- Contribute to disaster recovery, backup strategies, and system resilience
- Establish and enforce engineering standards, configuration best practices, and operational processes
- Partner with engineering and product teams to deliver quarterly platform capabilities and roadmap initiatives
- Mentor engineers and contribute to a high-performing, collaborative team environment
- Work with modern AI-assisted development tools including Copilot and Claude
Requirements
What you’ll need- Minimum of five years related work experience in platform, cloud or infrastructure engineering
- Undergraduate degree in a related field or the equivalent combination of training and experience.
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS
- Experience building or supporting data storage platforms (Apache Iceberg, Databricks, or similar)
- Strong programming skills in Python; Java is a plus
- Experience building software applications and platform services
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and GitHub workflows
- Strong understanding of distributed systems and scalable data storage environments
- Proven ability to troubleshoot complex, multi-system production issues
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
Benefits
Comp & perks- Health insurance
- Retirement plans
- Paid time off
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development
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Hard Skills & Tools
AWSApache IcebergDatabricksPythonCI/CD pipelinesGitHubinfrastructure-as-codedata storage systemstroubleshootingdisaster recovery
Soft Skills
communicationcollaborationmentoringproblem-solvingteamworkleadershiporganizational skillshigh-performance team contributionengineering standards enforcementoperational process establishment