Staff Backend Engineer, Lakehouse Platform (Iceberg) Remote
Summary
Own and advance the Lakehouse Platform (Iceberg, Spark, Snowflake), driving architectural strategy and building scalable data infrastructure to enable secure, governed analytics for engineering, ML, and business teams.
Affirm is seeking a Senior Data Platform Engineer to own and advance the Lakehouse Platform, focusing on Iceberg, Spark, and Snowflake. You will drive architectural strategy, build scalable data infrastructure, and ensure secure, governed analytics access for engineering, analytics, ML, and business teams.
The role requires 8+ years in data infrastructure with 2+ years of leadership, hands-on experience with Snowflake, Iceberg, and dbt, and strong Python/SQL/JVM skills.