Senior Data Engineer / Senior Data Platform Engineer

Welcome to Decision Foundry - Data Analytics Division!

We are proud to introduce ourselves as a certified "Great Place to Work," where we prioritize creating an exceptional work environment. As a global company, we embrace a diverse culture, fostering inclusivity across all levels.

Originating from a well-established 19-year web analytics company, we remain dedicated to our employee-centric approach. By valuing our team members, we aim to enhance engagement and drive collective success.

We are passionate about harnessing the power of data analytics to transform decision-making processes. Our mission is to empower data-driven decisions that contribute to a better world. In our workplace, you will enjoy the freedom to experiment and explore innovative ideas, leading to outstanding client service and value creation.

We win as an organization through our core tenets. They include:

·       One Team. One Theme.

·       We sign it. We deliver it.

·       Be Accountable and Expect Accountability.

·       Raise Your Hand or Be Willing to Extend it

About the Role

The Opportunity

We are seeking a Lead Data Platform Engineer to join our Data & Analytics Engineering squad . At Decision Foundry, we aren't just building dashboards; we are engineering a highly customized, API-centric data ecosystem. This role is designed for a software-minded engineer who excels at hardening production systems, refactoring for scale, and building the "connective tissue" of a modern data stack.

The Mission

Your primary focus will be to increase our delivery velocity while making our platform more resilient. You will move beyond simple ETL to build modular libraries and infrastructure that allow us to onboard new data capabilities with clinical precision.

Key Responsibilities:

Key Objectives

· System Hardening: Transform existing pipelines into hardened, refactored assets that are easier to maintain and scale.

· Modular Engineering: Architect internal Python libraries to standardize how we handle ingestion and transformation across the firm.

· Advanced Ingestion: Expand our reach across complex data sources, including custom APIs, S3 environments, and specialized web/email scraping workflows.

· Reliability First: Integrate deep observability, automated testing, and failure diagnostics to ensure our batch workloads are "always-on".

Our Tech Stack

· Programming: Expert-level Python (specifically for library development).

· Orchestration: Experience with Prefect or Airflow for managing complex batch workloads.

· Cloud & IaC: AWS-native environments managed via Terraform.

· The Warehouse: Snowflake paired with dbt for high-performance modeling and marts.

Requirements

Required Qualifications

• The Architect-Coder: You have 6+ years of experience and view data engineering through the lens of software craftsmanship.
• Infrastructure Minded: You are comfortable using Terraform to ensure environment consistency and repeatability.
• Collaborative Finisher: You thrive in an embedded model—working within existing repos and PR workflows to ship high-quality code alongside our core team.
• Optimization Enthusiast: You have a "nice-to-have" obsession with Snowflake performance tuning and building idempotent, retry-aware pipelines.

Success at Decision Foundry

In this role, success means our senior architects can focus on the "what" while you accelerate the "how". You’ll know you’re winning when net-new ingestion is delivered faster, failures are caught before they hit production, and our codebase is cleaner than you found it.

Benefits

Equal Opportunity Statement

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and are an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, or veteran status.