Fetch · 17 hours ago
Senior Data Platform Engineer
Fetch is a company that empowers consumers to earn rewards through various shopping experiences. As a Senior Data Platform Engineer, you will play a critical role in shaping the architecture of the data platform, ensuring it supports decision-making and product innovation while mentoring other engineers and maintaining high technical standards.
E-CommerceLoyalty ProgramsMobile AppsShopping
Responsibilities
Own Core Data Platform Architecture
Design and evolve platform components built on Iceberg-backed data storage
Define how data platform services are structured, composed, and consumed across teams
Take a prescriptive, system-level approach to platform design to reduce fragmentation and complexity
Define & Enforce Data Contracts
Establish standards for data schemas, ownership, and lifecycle management
Build mechanisms to validate and enforce contracts across ingestion and downstream consumers
Orchestration & Workflow Design
Design and own orchestration patterns within the internal data platform service
Guide how distributed processing workloads (e.g., Spark-based jobs) are scheduled, retried, and monitored
Reliability, Scalability & Cost Awareness
Improve platform resilience, failure isolation, and recovery patterns
Partner with Finance and Engineering to improve cost visibility and efficiency of data workloads
Mentorship & Technical Leadership
Mentor Data Platform Engineers and raise the technical bar across the platform team
Review designs, guide implementation decisions, and influence long-term platform strategy
Cross-Functional Influence
Collaborate with Product, Analytics, ML, and Infrastructure teams to align data platform capabilities with business needs
Act as a trusted technical partner for high-impact data initiatives
AI Fluency in Platform Engineering
Integrate AI-assisted tooling into data platform workflows to accelerate design, validation, and troubleshooting
Evaluate emerging AI tools for data and platform engineering, balancing speed with reliability, security, and correctness
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience in data platform, data engineering, or platform engineering roles, with demonstrated ownership of complex systems
Deep expertise in AWS-based data architectures and cloud-native system design
Deep experience designing and operating distributed data processing systems (e.g., Spark at scale, batch and streaming workloads)
Strong software engineering fundamentals with proficiency in Python, Java, or Scala, applied to large, production-grade systems
Proven ability to design, build, and own CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure, and production operations for critical platform systems
Demonstrated ability to debug complex, cross-system issues, influence technical decisions, and mentor engineers
Experience using AI-assisted tools thoughtfully to improve engineering outcomes, code quality, and system reliability
Preferred
Deep hands-on experience with AWS data services (e.g., S3, Glue, EMR, Kinesis, MSK) in production environments
Strong experience with data orchestration frameworks and workflow engines, including design or operational ownership
Experience defining and improving data observability standards, monitoring strategies, and operational metrics
Experience owning broader platform or distributed systems domains, including setting standards or paved paths for multiple teams
Track record of improving developer velocity, reliability, and platform adoption across multiple teams
Benefits
Equity: We offer employees equity in Fetch, so that everyone can benefit from Fetch’s growth.
401k Match: Dollar-for-dollar match up to 4%.
Benefits for humans and pets: We offer comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans for everyone including your pets.
Continuing Education: Fetch provides ten thousand per year in education reimbursement.
Employee Resource Groups: Take part in employee-led groups that are centered around fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace through events, dialogue and advocacy.
Paid Time Off: On top of our flexible PTO, Fetch observes 9 paid holidays, including Juneteenth and Indigenous People’s Day, as well as our year-end week-long break.
Robust Leave Policies: 20 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers, 14 weeks for secondary caregivers, and a flexible return to work schedule.
Calvin Care Cash: Employees who are welcoming new family members will also receive a one time $2,000 incentive to assist employees with covering the cost of childcare, clothing, diapers and much more.
Flexible Work Environment: Collaborate with your team in one of our stunning offices in Madison, Birmingham, or Chicago. Or you can work fully remotely from anywhere in the US.
Company
Fetch
Fetch is a consumer-engagement platform that enables users to earn and redeem rewards.
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$691.85MKey Investors
Morgan Stanley Private CreditHamilton LaneSoftBank Vision Fund
2024-12-10Secondary Market
2024-03-20Debt Financing· $110M
2022-04-07Series E· $240M
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