Staff Data Platform Engineer

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September 19

🗽 New York – Remote

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🤠 Texas – Remote

Although this job is listed in Texas, this company may be open to hiring remote in other states.

💵 $150k - $205k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🏗️ Platform Engineer

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Octane

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Finance • Fintech • Transport

Octane is a company that provides seamless and instant financing solutions for vehicles such as motorcycles, ATVs, and mowers. With a focus on simplifying the financing process, Octane offers instant credit decisions, competitive rates, and personalized financing options through platforms like Roadrunner Financial. Their integrated financing solutions are designed to enhance the buying experience both online and in-store, offering a range of programs for prime, credit builder, and first-time buyers. Octane aims to cater to more customers by offering flexible terms and real payment options, all while ensuring the process is transparent and efficient.

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2014

💸 Finance

💳 Fintech

🚗 Transport

💰 $375M Debt Financing on 2022-08

📋 Description

• Architect: Design and evolve the third generation of our AWS-based data lake, building scalable self-service platforms and providing architectural guidance. • Build: Develop and enhance data pipelines and platform capabilities to ensure performance, reliability, and scalability; champion modern data practices and standards. • Lead: Serve as a player/coach combining hands-on engineering with leadership responsibilities; act as Technical Lead, Program Manager, and mentor to the team. • Collaborate: Partner closely with analytics and data science teams to translate business needs into engineering initiatives and foster cross-functional relationships. • Strategic Planning: Work alongside executive stakeholders to define long-term vision for the data platform and align technical initiatives with company strategy. • Ensure the platform meets compliance and governance requirements and fuels analytics, data science, and executive decision-making.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. • 7+ years of professional experience in data engineering with a proven track record of delivering large-scale, production-grade data solutions. • Deep knowledge of ETL/ELT design patterns, large-scale batch data processing, and modern data lake architectures. • Advanced proficiency with core tools and technologies including Python, SQL, Apache Spark, Apache Iceberg, and Airflow. • Experience with AWS-native data services such as Glue, Lake Formation, and Athena. • Passion for treating data as a first-class product by prioritizing usability, scalability, and performance. • Demonstrated strength in solving complex technical challenges with innovative solutions and working collaboratively across teams. • Solid experience designing and supporting secure, reliable data systems that meet privacy, compliance, and regulatory standards in highly controlled environments. • Executive Communication: ability to quantify business impact, translate technical initiatives into ROI, and communicate effectively with technical and executive-level stakeholders. • Preferred: Past experience in a staff engineering role or role with comparable scope. • Preferred: Past experience acting as a technical lead for one or more teams.

🏖️ Benefits

• In addition to salary, Total Rewards include bonus eligibility, a stock option package, and benefits as outlined below. • Robust Health Care Plans (Medical, Dental & Vision) • Generous Parental Leave • Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy - Time Off When You Need It • Retirement Plan (401k) with company match! • Educational Assistance/Tuition Reimbursement up to $3K/year • Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D) • Short Term / Long Term Disability • Robust Ancillary benefits including accident insurance, hospital insurance, etc • Wellhub (Gympass) Wellness Benefit • Powersports Safety Benefit