Senior Software Engineer - Data platform

Tekion is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Data platform to help architect and deliver internal frameworks that power data ingestion, transformation, observability, and self-serve analytics across the company. The successful candidate will have deep systems engineering expertise and a passion for building reusable infrastructure.

Requirements

• 5-7 years of experience in data platform, infrastructure, or backend systems engineering roles.
• Strong systems engineering fundamentals — distributed systems, fault tolerance, performance tuning.
• Expertise in Apache Spark with production experience on AWS EMR.
• Experience building or managing CDC pipelines using tools like Debezium, Kafka Connect, or custom connectors.
• Experience serving data using Trino or Presto in a multi-tenant environment.
• Proficiency in Python, Java or Scala, and Unix/Linux systems.
• Strong understanding of open table formats like Delta Lake or Apache Iceberg.
• Exposure to infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation) and CI/CD automation.