Data Platform Engineer
PrizePicks2 days ago
Remote, United StatesMid Level
Responsibilities
- Design and build scalable batch and streaming data platform capabilities.
- Build low-latency services for stream ingestion, processing, and model inference.
- Enable data catalog, data lineage, data exploration, and self-service pipeline development and deployment.
- Implement data security architectures and controls across the platform.
- Manage model deployment, monitoring, CI/CD for data pipelines, and platform observability.
- Maintain high availability for production data platforms, targeting 99.99% availability.
- Contribute to projects across the full development lifecycle from concept through release.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of platform engineering experience deploying and maintaining scalable data platforms in high-traffic production environments.
- Proficiency with streaming architectures such as Kafka, Flink, or PubSub and low-latency services supporting model inference under 100 milliseconds.
- Proficiency with containerization, Docker, Kubernetes, and cluster-level management.
- Deep experience managing the full data lifecycle and building data exploration environments.
- Expertise in Python and Go, with deep experience using cloud services such as GCP or AWS.
- Experience with Spark, Flink, Kafka or Kinesis, Argo or Airflow, Polaris, OpenMetadata, Iceberg, Redis, Elasticsearch, databases, package management, and library development.
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
- Preferred experience implementing infrastructure and deployment best practices for large-scale data platforms.
- Preferred background in daily fantasy sports, oddsmaking, or high-frequency trading.
- Preferred experience bridging batch historical data with real-time event streams and enabling AI agents or AI-assisted coding.
Benefits
- Company-subsidized medical, dental, and vision plans.
- 401(k) plan with company match.
- Annual bonus and flexible paid time off.
- Generous paid leave programs, including 16 weeks of paid parental leave and disability benefits.
- Workplace flexibility and modern work schedules.
- Company-wide in-person events and team outings.
- Lifestyle enhancement program.
- Company-provided equipment with Windows and Mac options.
- Annual performance reviews and career development opportunities.
- Atlanta is preferred, but qualified applicants anywhere in the U.S. may be considered, including remote candidates.
Tech Stack
Apache AirflowApache FlinkApache KafkaApache SparkArgo CDAWSDockerElasticsearchGoGoogle BigQueryGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesPythonRedis
Categories
Data EngineeringDevOps
About PrizePicks
PrizePicks builds a skill-based daily fantasy sports platform where fans make player projections across major leagues and esports in real time. The privately held company, founded in 2015 and headquartered in Atlanta, monetizes through entry fees and payouts on its mobile and web apps. It serves users across North America and is available on iOS, Android, and the web.