Staff Data Platform Engineer

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Costa Mesa / $160000 - $200000 annum

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Salary
SALARY:

$160000 - $200000

Location

LOCATION

Costa Mesa

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Permanent

Staff Data Platform Engineer (Real-Time Systems)

$160K-$200K base + Equity

Hybrid - Costa Mesa, CA (3+ days onsite)

U.S. Citizens or Green Card holders only

If you architect distributed systems that cannot fail - this role is built for you.

We're scaling the real-time data backbone behind advanced autonomous systems and next-generation manufacturing environments. The platform you design will power live operational hardware across complex physical domains - where latency, reliability, and security are mission-critical.

This is not analytics.

This is core infrastructure engineering.

What You'll Own

  • Lead architecture for real-time streaming systems using Kafka, Spark, Flink

  • Deliver sub-minute telemetry powering manufacturing and hardware systems

  • Drive data lake modernization and platform scalability

  • Build and evolve backend services on top of distributed data systems

  • Establish reliability standards, observability, and SLAs

  • Remove architectural bottlenecks and act as a true technical partner to platform leadership

  • Shape long-term roadmap and technical direction

~60% hands-on engineering | ~40% architecture & strategic leadership

What You Bring

  • Deep expertise in distributed systems and data platform architecture

  • Strong Python + SQL

  • Java or Scala experience

  • Spark proficiency

  • Production streaming experience (Kafka or Flink)

  • Proven ownership of platform-level architectural decisions

  • Demonstrated impact improving reliability and scalability

Nice to Have:
Hardware or telemetry data experience, secure environments, infrastructure-as-code

Why This Role Stands Out

  • Work on systems supporting mission-driven, national-scale initiatives

  • Real-world operational impact beyond SaaS metrics

  • Significant architectural ownership at Staff level

  • 70% building new capabilities / 30% hardening and scaling

  • Equity aligned with long-term company growth

If you want to own real-time infrastructure that supports critical operational systems - this is that opportunity.

CONTACT

Evan Albert

Recruitment Consultant

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