Senior Data Platform Engineer

Empower • Overland Park, KS

7d • $105,700 - $149,275 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Data Platform Engineer is a key contributor responsible for designing, building, and supporting scalable, reliable, and secure data platform solutions. This role partners closely with cross-functional teams to implement data integration and platform capabilities, while contributing to best practices and standards. The engineer remains hands-on with development, code reviews, and production support, and helps guide less experienced engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience.
• 6–9+ years of software or data engineering experience.
• Strong hands-on experience building and supporting data platforms in production environments.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation for data platform deployments.
• Experience with Oracle, PostgreSQL, Redshift, Snowflake, Kafka (or similar technologies).
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, or similar tools.
• Strong competency in SQL and Python.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, cloud architectures, and design patterns.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience.
• 6–9+ years of software or data engineering experience.
• Strong hands-on experience building and supporting data platforms in production environments.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation for data platform deployments.
• Experience with Oracle, PostgreSQL, Redshift, Snowflake, Kafka (or similar technologies).
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, or similar tools.
• Strong competency in SQL and Python.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, cloud architectures, and design patterns.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement data platform solutions including data streaming, CDC, data warehouse, data lake, and ETL/ELT pipelines using modern cloud-based technologies.
• Contribute to the development and adoption of best practices for data platform configuration management, observability, testing, and operational readiness.
• Build and support end-to-end data integration pipelines from source systems through Kafka and/or Striim to analytical and operational targets.
• Participate in engineering design sessions and code reviews for complex data solutions across multiple systems and platforms.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues related to data platform performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Collaborate with architects, platform engineering, security, and governance teams to align solutions with enterprise standards and data strategy.
• Support implementation of operational resilience practices, including monitoring, alerting, and data recovery processes.
• Evaluate and help adopt new technologies and tools that improve data platform capabilities.
• Contribute to documentation, design artifacts, and engineering standards.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers and support team development.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
• Retirement savings – 401(k) plan with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%), financial advisory services, potential company discretionary contribution, and a broad investment lineup
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
• Business-casual environment that includes the option to wear jeans
• Generous paid time off upon hire – including a paid time off program plus ten paid company holidays and three floating holidays each calendar year
• Paid volunteer time — 16 hours per calendar year
• Leave of absence programs – including paid parental leave, paid short- and long-term disability, and Family and Medical Leave (FMLA)
• Business Resource Groups (BRGs) – BRGs facilitate inclusion and collaboration across our business internally and throughout the communities where we live, work and play. BRGs are open to all.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior