Data Platform Engineer

Visa · Bellevue, WA · $152,200.00 to $243,700.00 USD per year · hybrid We are seeking a Data Platform Engineer to contribute to the design and evolution of our data platform, ensuring reliability, cost efficiency, and scalability. You will implement and optimize high-performance data services and pipelines for large-scale workloads, support production operations, and participate in code and design reviews. Responsibilities Contribute to the design and evolution of the data platform, ensuring reliability, cost efficiency, and scalability Implement and optimize high-performance data services and pipelines (batch and streaming) for large-scale workloads Support production operations for file- and event-based systems: monitoring, incident response (on-call), and continuous improvement to meet SLAs Participate in code and design reviews, promoting best practices in testing, security, and observability Collaborate with partner teams and internal customers to deliver end-to-end data products Help reduce technical debt and simplify systems with clean interfaces and consistent patterns Qualifications 8+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 5 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g., Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 2 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 11+ years of relevant work experience Cloud computing skills (preferably Azure/AWS) and hybrid designs Proficiency in Golang or Python Strong software engineering background building distributed systems at scale Experience with modern streaming processing Data platform tooling: Terraform (IaC), Docker and Kubernetes (production), and Airflow (or similar orchestration) Observability and reliability mindset: Grafana, CloudWatch (logs, metrics, traces), on-call participation, SLA awareness Strong SQL skills Version control and CI/CD: Git/GitHub, pipelines (e.g., Codefresh) or similar Soft skills: clear communication, adaptability, self-management, critical thinking, collaboration Benefits Comprehensive benefits package, including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program Salary Estimated salary range: $152,200.00 to $243,700.00 USD per year