Flix
SeniorDataPlatformEngineer
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“Senior Data Platform Engineer at Flix. Skills: Data Platform, Infrastructure, AWS, Kubernetes. Improve scalable data platform infrastructure. Maintain scalable data platform infrastructure”
What You'll Achieve.
drive the company to the next level; most direct influence on our success; empower every Flix employee through data excellence; ensuring that they can easily process, discover, analyze, share and leverage data; keep our data platform modern, secure, and future-proof; proactively detect and resolve issues; delivering the right solution over the fast one; make a real difference in how we work; shape your own career path
Industry & Context.
solving complex data challenges
on-call duty schedule, On-call experience, critical issues don't follow business hours
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
data architecture experience, Kafka knowledge, Extensive experience with scalable data platforms, End-to-end infrastructure ownership, Solid Terraform knowledge, On-call experience, Solid experience with a Cloud Provider, Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Fluent in English
Nice to Have
Experience with Snowflake or comparable cloud data warehouse solutions, Network/Security knowledge, Previous experience working in a central or shared data platform team, Exposure to or interest in AI/ML workloads
What You'll Do.
Improve scalable data platform infrastructure
Maintain scalable data platform infrastructure
Collaborate with data engineers
Collaborate with analysts
Collaborate with product teams
Develop infrastructure-as-code
Maintain infrastructure-as-code
Operate data platform
Improve data platform
Build CI/CD pipelines
Refine CI/CD pipelines
Evaluate new technologies
Introduce new technologies
Contribute to architectural decisions
Implement observability
Maintain observability
Create actionable alerts
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate closely with data engineers, analysts, and product teams; sharing knowledge within the team and across the organization; teams that rally together to overcome challenges; giving you the freedom to take initiative
Communication Scope
technical communication skills adaptable to diverse audiences
Full Job Description
At Flix, we offer a dynamic work environment with competitive pay, strong growth opportunities, and a tech-driven approach to making travel more accessible, sustainable, and affordable. We're looking for a motivated and skilled Senior Data Platform Engineer to join our Core Data Platform team – Foundation Division. You will help us drive the company to the next level, and have the most direct influence on our success. The team provides tools, infrastructure, expertise and best practices to empower every Flix employee through data excellence and reliable infrastructure. We put our users into the heart of our data platform, ensuring that they can easily process, discover, analyze, share and leverage data. We have a constant process of reflecting on our current work, and adapting new practices and technologies. Our daily work is built on trust and collaboration. About the Role Improve and maintain our scalable data platform infrastructure on AWS, K8s, Confluent Cloud and Snowflake, ensuring high availability and reliability for all data consumers across the organization Collaborate closely with data engineers, analysts, and product teams to understand their needs and continuously improve the platform's usability and self-service capabilities Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, ensuring our cloud environments are reproducible, auditable, and well-documented Operate and improve our data platform by optimizing workloads for performance, cost-efficiency, and resilience Build and refine CI/CD pipelines (GitLab) to enable fast, safe, and automated deployments across the data platform Evaluate and introduce new technologies and best practices to keep our data platform modern, secure, and future-proof Contribute to architectural decisions and technical documentation, sharing knowledge within the team and across the organization Implement and maintain comprehensive observability and monitoring (Datadog), creating actionable alerts and dashboards to pro
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