Senior/Staff Data Platform Engineer

We are seeking an experienced Senior/Staff Data Platform Engineer with a proven track record of designing and building scalable data architectures, developing robust data models, and implementing data solutions that directly drive business success.

About LocalStack

LocalStack is a dynamic, fast-growing startup headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, with a development office in Vienna, Austria, and remote team members across the globe (including the US, France, UK, India, Mexico, Switzerland, and the Netherlands). We specialise in creating world-class tools to support highly efficient development and testing feedback loops for cloud application developers. Our flagship product, the LocalStack cloud emulator, is a lightweight cloud sandbox running in Docker, enabling users to develop cloud applications entirely on their local machines.

With a robust open-source community (51k+ stars on GitHub), hundreds of thousands of active users, and over 180 million downloads, LocalStack is on an exciting growth journey. Our international customer base includes Fortune Global 500 companies, and our team of top-tier engineers and GTM experts are dedicated to becoming the leading platform for local cloud software development.

Role Description

As we expand our platform’s features and customer base, our data challenges and team are also growing. Our current data landscape has grown organically and consists of several key components - including our high-volume product telemetry where we’re tracking some 100M+ weekly usage events from different LocalStack installations, as well as our Data Warehouse (DWH) that provides the foundation and data model for our business analytics. We are at a critical crossroads where we need to tackle some major refactorings in the data platform to ensure our platform is ready for the next evolution of the company, including a semantic metadata layer, continuous data quality checks, systematic schema evolution, and scalable real-time data transformation pipelines.

Your role will be critical in addressing these challenges by helping to build and optimise data pipelines, automating the generation of insights from large datasets, and enabling data-driven decision-making across the organisation. We strive to be a genuinely data-driven company, so you will be working at the heart of what will make LocalStack successful in the long run.

Responsibilities

• Data Architecture & Modelling: Design and implement data architectures and models that support efficient storage, processing, and analysis of large datasets in an efficient and cost-effective way.
• Data Pipeline Development: Build and maintain scalable, agile, and efficient data pipelines and ETL processes to handle diverse data sources.
• Data Integration: Develop solutions for integrating data from various sources, ensuring data accuracy, consistency, and availability.
• Real-Time Insights: Utilise real-time data to drive customer observability and support proactive customer engagement.
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including engineering, product management, customer success, and sales, to understand data needs and deliver solutions.
• Ownership & Initiative: Proactively identify problems and opportunities in the data space, and create, drive, and implement initiatives to solve them.
• Hands-On Implementation: Be ready to implement data tools and solutions, driving hands-on projects to completion.

Your Profile

• Experience: Proven experience in building and optimising data pipelines, and strong practical familiarity with the suite of data solutions available to real business challenges.
• Scalability: Expertise in implementing pragmatic and scalable solutions to handle increasing data volumes.
• Data Tools: Strong knowledge of the suite of modern data tools and technologies.
• Problem Solver: Proactive, with a pragmatic approach to solving problems and a can-do attitude.
• Team Player: Enjoy collaborating with diverse teams and stakeholders to achieve common goals.
• Documentation Skills: Ability to create clear and accessible documentation for data processes.

What We Offer

• A dynamic, energetic, and productive work environment with flexible work hours and fully remote-friendly policies.
• Outstanding opportunities for professional growth and influence within the cloud software development community.
• Competitive salary packages based on experience and expertise.
• A chance to work with some of the brightest minds in the industry and shape the future of cloud software development.

Apply

If you believe you are a good fit for this role, please send your CV to jobs@localstack.cloud. We look forward to hearing from you and exploring how you can contribute to our exciting journey at LocalStack!

LocalStack is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our employees.