Staff Data Platform Engineer

FloSports, Inc. • Austin, TX

64d

About The Position

The Data Platform Engineer role at Flo blends Data Engineering, Backend Engineering, and Cloud Engineering into a unique and impactful position. In this role, you’ll design, build, and deliver reliable, scalable, and efficient data services that form the backbone of Flo’s next-generation fan experiences.

Requirements

• 10+ years of industry experience with a focus on backend and data engineering.
• Proven experience designing and operating distributed data systems using a microservices architecture, with a solid understanding of scalability, fault tolerance, performance, and observability best practices.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• A track record of writing high-quality, maintainable code across multiple services and teams.
• Strong leadership skills to guide, mentor, and support engineers while fostering a collaborative team culture.
• Excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment with evolving or ambiguous requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, take ownership of complex projects, and drive them to completion with minimal supervision.
• Ability to leverage AI-powered tools and frameworks to enhance developer productivity, automate workflows, and optimize data-driven systems.
• Experience with AWS serverless technologies (e.g., SST, CDK, Terraform), NoSQL databases (e.g., DynamoDB), stream processing (e.g., Kinesis, DynamoDB Streams)
• Experience developing backend services using modern languages such as TypeScript and Node.js.
• Experience deploying and managing applications on public cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP).

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and design of complex, large-scale distributed systems.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, fault-tolerant microservices for both real-time and batch data processing.
• Build and maintain high-performance REST APIs with a focus on scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Design and implement data models and queries for efficient storage and retrieval across SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Lead data quality initiatives to ensure consistency, accuracy, and reliability of data across the platform.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate platform requirements into effective technical solutions.
• Drive technical standards and best practices for code quality, testing, and observability across engineering teams.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and direct support.
• Take end-to-end ownership of the software development lifecycle, including deployment, monitoring, and incident response.

Benefits

• Recognized three years in a row as a Top Workplace by the Austin-American Statesman
• Flexibility at work - you can take control of your profession and personal schedule
• All-hands events hosted annually in beautiful Austin, Texas
• Annual equity awards for all top performers
• Competitive and comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans
• Peace of mind through company-paid short-term disability, long-term disability and life insurance
• Generous 401(K) company match vested immediately
• Progressive parental leave policies
• Flexible paid time off
• Hack-a-thons and a full calendar of team-building and social events
• Company donation to youth teams and leagues that our employees coach
• Stocked snack bar, catered lunch and breakfast tacos every week

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees