Senior Data Engineer

This is an incredible opportunity to be part of a company that has been at the forefront of AI and high-performance data storage innovation for over two decades. DataDirect Networks (DDN) is a global market leader renowned for powering many of the world's most demanding AI data centers, in industries ranging from life sciences and healthcare to financial services, autonomous cars, Government, academia, research and manufacturing.

"DDN's A3I solutions are transforming the landscape of AI infrastructure." - IDC

"The real differentiator is DDN. I never hesitate to recommend DDN. DDN is the de facto name for AI Storage in high performance environments" - Marc Hamilton, VP, Solutions Architecture & Engineering | NVIDIA

DDN is the global leader in AI and multi-cloud data management at scale. Our cutting-edge data intelligence platform is designed to accelerate AI workloads, enabling organizations to extract maximum value from their data. With a proven track record of performance, reliability, and scalability, DDN empowers businesses to tackle the most challenging AI and data-intensive workloads with confidence.

Our success is driven by our unwavering commitment to innovation, customer-centricity, and a team of passionate professionals who bring their expertise and dedication to every project. This is a chance to make a significant impact at a company that is shaping the future of AI and data management.

Our commitment to innovation, customer success, and market leadership makes this an exciting and rewarding role for a driven professional looking to make a lasting impact in the world of AI and data storage.

We're looking for a Senior Data Engineer to own and evolve the infrastructure and data ingestion layer that powers DDN's enterprise data platform. You'll be responsible for the systems that move data from source to warehouse and the platform reliability that analytics engineers and business stakeholders depend on - not the modeling or dashboarding itself, but everything underneath it. You'll work closely with analytics engineers, data analysts, and business stakeholders across Sales, Finance, Product, and other areas.

Data ingestion - manage batch ingestion tools (Fivetran), build custom pipelines where needed, and design and implement real-time/streaming ingestion for product telemetry and event data
• Infrastructure & architecture - manage and extend our GCP platform (BigQuery, Composer, IAM, networking) using Terraform, shape the technical direction of the platform as needs evolve, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for safe deployments across repos
• Platform reliability - keep production systems healthy, monitor pipeline quality, investigate failures, and reduce technical debt
• Collaboration - partner with analytics engineers on dbt and BI platform infrastructure needs; drive technical conversations about provisioning and scaling strategy

• 5+ years in data engineering or platform/infrastructure engineering roles
• Strong hands-on experience with GCP especially BigQuery, Cloud Composer (managed Airflow), IAM
• Proficiency in Terraform (or equivalent IaC) for managing cloud resources across environments
• Strong Python skills with demonstrated ability to build integrations, automation, and data pipelines
• Expert SQL and understanding of data warehouse patterns (schemas, partitioning, access controls)
• Experience with CI/CD for data infrastructure
• Experience integrating data from diverse sources including SaaS platforms, on-prem systems, and cloud-hosted product infrastructure using both managed tools (e.g. Fivetran) and custom pipelines
• Experience with real-time / streaming data with demonstrated experience building and operating event-driven pipelines (Pub/Sub, Kafka, Dataflow, or similar)
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

• Experience with Sigma Computing or similar BI tool administration/API integration
• Familiarity with data quality frameworks (e.g., Elementary, Great Expectations)
• Experience with data governance tooling - access controls, column-level security, policy enforcement
• Familiarity with dbt from a platform perspective - how it runs, how it's deployed, what it needs from infrastructure
• Prior experience in a small data team where you wore multiple hats

Salary Range for this role: $105,400.00 - $195,700.00

DDN has a very strong orientation towards these 4 characteristics and any successful employee will demonstrate these capabilities:

Self-Starter - Takes independent action to identify and solve problems. Seeks out relevant information needed to make decisions. Gets involved with new initiatives.

Success/Achievement Orientation - Delivers quality results consistently. Targets, achieves (or exceeds) measurable results. Sets challenging goals, focuses on critical priorities, and is accountable.

Problem Solving - Recognizes problems and responds with a systematic assessment that identifies and addresses cause of issue. Practical, realistic, and resourceful.

Innovative - Builds and improves key business processes that enhance the effectiveness of DDN. Generates new ideas, challenges the status quo, and solves problems creatively.

DataDirect Networks, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender, sex stereotyping, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.