Data Platform Engineer

Fetch

3h • Remote

About The Position

Fetch is building a modern, cloud-native data platform that powers analytics, experimentation, and machine learning across the company. As a Data Platform Engineer, you’ll focus on building and operating reliable data ingestion pipelines and core platform services that enable teams to work with data at scale.
This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy hands-on execution, learning distributed systems, and growing their platform engineering skill set while working closely with senior engineers on complex systems.
You’ll partner with product, analytics, and engineering teams to ensure data is ingested, processed, and made available reliably, while maintaining strong operational excellence across the platform.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in data platform, data engineering, or platform engineering roles.
• Experience working with AWS and cloud-based data tooling.
• Familiarity with distributed data processing concepts (e.g., Spark, batch and/or streaming systems).
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, Java, Go, or Scala preferred).
• Experience with CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, or operating production systems.
• Ability to learn quickly, debug complex systems, and collaborate effectively across teams.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools responsibly to improve development speed and quality.

Nice To Haves

• Hands-on experience with AWS data services (e.g., S3, Glue, EMR, Kinesis, MSK).
• Exposure to data orchestration frameworks or workflow engines (e.g., Airflow, Step Functions).
• Familiarity with data observability, monitoring, or operational metrics.
• Interest in growing ownership across platform or distributed systems domains.

Responsibilities

• Build & Operate Data Pipelines
• Design, implement, and maintain data ingestion pipelines using AWS-native data tools and distributed processing frameworks.
• Support batch and streaming ingestion patterns with a focus on reliability, scalability, and observability.
• Platform Operations & Reliability
• Operate and improve core data platform services, addressing incidents, performance issues, and operational toil.
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and runbooks to improve platform stability and on-call readiness.
• Distributed Systems Support
• Work with distributed data processing systems (e.g., Spark-based workloads) and orchestration frameworks.
• Debug production issues across compute, storage, and networking layers.
• Infrastructure & Automation
• Contribute to Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK) and CI/CD workflows.
• Help improve automation around deployments, scaling, and platform maintenance.
• Cross-Team Collaboration
• Partner with data producers and consumers to onboard pipelines, troubleshoot issues, and improve platform usability.
• Learn and apply platform standards and best practices defined by senior engineers.
• AI-Assisted Engineering
• Use AI-assisted tools to accelerate development, troubleshoot issues, and validate infrastructure or pipeline code—while ensuring correctness, security, and performance through testing and review.

Benefits

• Equity: We offer employees equity in Fetch, so that everyone can benefit from Fetch’s growth.
• 401k Match: Dollar-for-dollar match up to 4%.
• Benefits for humans and pets: We offer comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans for everyone including your pets.
• Continuing Education: Fetch provides ten thousand per year in education reimbursement.
• Employee Resource Groups: Take part in employee-led groups that are centered around fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace through events, dialogue and advocacy. The ERGs participate in our Inclusion Council with members of executive leadership.
• Paid Time Off: On top of our flexible PTO, Fetch observes 9 paid holidays, including Juneteenth and Indigenous People’s Day, as well as our year-end week-long break.
• Robust Leave Policies: 20 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers, 14 weeks for secondary caregivers, and a flexible return to work schedule.
• Calvin Care Cash: Employees who are welcoming new family members will also receive a one time $2,000 incentive to assist employees with covering the cost of childcare, clothing, diapers and much more!
• Flexible Work Environment: Collaborate with your team in one of our stunning offices in Madison, Birmingham, or Chicago. Or you can work fully remotely from anywhere in the US. We’ll ensure you are equally equipped with the hardware and software you need to get your job done in the comfort of your home.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees