Staff Data Infrastructure Engineer

Posted Sep 16

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We’re looking for a Staff Data Infrastructure Engineer to join our Data Platform team. In this pivotal role, you'll lead efforts to build and manage robust, secure, and scalable infrastructure that powers our data operations. Your responsibilities will include provisioning, deploying, configuring, managing, and scaling key components such as Kafka, Spark, Airflow, and query engines like Athena. You'll work extensively with AWS, containerization technologies, and infrastructure as code tools to ensure our systems run smoothly and reliably. Your expertise will be crucial in integrating these components, providing a solid foundation for our data-driven products. Additionally, you'll have the opportunity to mentor junior engineers and drive best practices across the team. If you're passionate about leveraging cutting-edge technologies to make a real impact, we’d love to connect with you!

About the role:

Location: Remote-first (United States; BC & ON, Canada)
Full-time
Permanent
Exempt
The cash compensation for this role is tailored to align with the cost of labor in different geographic markets. We've structured the base pay ranges for this role into zones for our geographic markets, and the specific base pay within the range will be determined by the candidate’s geographic location, job-related experience, knowledge, qualifications, and skills.
United States (all figures cited below in USD and pertain to workers in the United States)

Zone A: $187,000 - $263,500
Zone B: $175,000 - $247,000
Zone C: $164,000 - $231,500

Canada (All figures cited below in CAD and pertain to workers in ON & BC, Canada)

CAD $212,000 - CAD $299,000

Please visit our Careers page for more information on which locations are included in each of our geographic pay zones. However, please confirm the zone for your specific location with your recruiter.
Reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager

As a Staff Data Infrastructure Engineer, you'll

Oversee the provisioning and deployment of infrastructure using Pulumi, ensuring seamless deployment of Kafka, Spark, Airflow, Athena, and other critical systems on AWS.
Design and implement strategies for scaling Airflow, Kafka, and Spark clusters to accommodate increasing workloads and user demands.
Lead efforts in optimizing performance, capacity planning, ensuring fault tolerance, and implementing failure recovery strategies across all infrastructure components.
Configure and manage VPCs, load balancers, and VPC endpoints for secure communication between internal and external services.
Manage IAM roles, apply security patches, plan and execute version upgrades, and ensure compliance with regulations such as GDPR .
Architect and implement high-availability solutions across multiple zones and regions, including backups, multi-region replication, and disaster recovery plans.
Oversee S3 data lake management, including file size management, compaction, encryption, and compression to maximize storage efficiency.
Implement caching strategies, indexing, and query optimization to ensure efficient data retrieval and processing.
Implement monitoring and logging using tools like Datadog, CloudWatch and OpenSearch.
Lead efforts to develop services, tools and automation to simplify infrastructure complexity for other engineering teams, enabling them to focus on building great products.
Participate in all engineering activities including incident response, interviewing, designing and reviewing technical specifications, code review, and releasing new functionality.
Mentor, coach, and inspire a team of engineers of various levels.

In addition to the responsibilities outlined above, at Webflow we will support you in identifying where your interests and development opportunities lie and we'll help you incorporate them into your role.

About you:

You'll thrive as a Staff Data Infrastructure Engineer if you have

8+ years of experience as a Data Infrastructure Engineer or related roles like Platform Engineer, SRE, DevOps or Backend Engineer.
Deep expertise in provisioning and managing data infrastructure components like Kafka, Spark, and Airflow.
Extensive experience with cloud services and environments (compute, storage, networking, identity management, infrastructure as code, etc.).
Strong experience with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
Advanced knowledge of infrastructure as code tools like Terraform and Pulumi.
Strong understanding of networking concepts and configurations, including VPCs, load balancers, and endpoints.
Extensive experience with monitoring and logging tools.
Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
Excellent leadership, communication, and mentoring skills.

You get extra points if you have:

AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer).
Proven track record of designing and implementing multi-zone and multi-region high availability and disaster recovery strategies.
Prior experience managing data lake storage using Apache Iceberg.
Knowledge of compliance standards (GDPR, CCPA) and security best practices.

Our Core Behaviors:

Obsess over customer experience. We deeply understand what we’re building and who we’re building for and serving. We define the leading edge of what’s possible in our industry and deliver the future for our customers
Move with heartfelt urgency. We have a healthy relationship with impatience, channeling it thoughtfully to show up better and faster for our customers and for each other. Time is the most limited thing we have, and we make the most of every moment
Say the hard thing with care. Our best work often comes from intelligent debate, critique, and even difficult conversations. We speak our minds and don’t sugarcoat things — and we do so with respect, maturity, and care
Make your mark. We seek out new and unique ways to create meaningful impact, and we champion the same from our colleagues. We work as a team to get the job done, and we go out of our way to celebrate and reward those going above and beyond for our customers and our teammates

Benefits & wellness

Equity ownership (RSUs) in a growing, privately-owned company
100% employer-paid healthcare, vision, and dental insurance coverage for employees and dependents (full-time employees working 30+ hours per week), as well as Health Savings Account/Health Reimbursement Account, dependent care Flexible Spending Account (US only), dependent on insurance plan selection where applicable in the respective country of employment; Employees may also have voluntary insurance options, such as life, disability, hospital protection, accident, and critical illness where applicable in the respective country of employment
12 weeks of paid parental leave for both birthing and non-birthing caregivers, as well as an additional 6-8 weeks of pregnancy disability for birthing parents to be used before child bonding leave (where local requirements are more generous employees receive the greater benefit); Employees also have access to family planning care and reimbursement
Flexible PTO with a mandatory annual minimum of 10 days paid time off for all locations (where local requirements are more generous employees receive the greater benefit), and sabbatical program
Access to mental wellness and professional coaching, therapy, and Employee Assistance Program
Monthly stipends to support health and wellness, smart work, and professional growth
Professional career coaching, internal learning & development programs
401k plan and pension schemes (in countries where statutorily required) financial wellness benefits, like CPA or financial advisor coverage
Discounted Pet Insurance offering (US only)
Commuter benefits for in-office employees

Temporary employees are not eligible for paid holiday time off, accrued paid time off, paid leaves of absence, or company-sponsored perks unless otherwise required by law.

Remote, together

At Webflow, equality is a core tenet of our culture. We are an Equal Opportunity (EEO)/Veterans/Disabled Employer and are committed to building an inclusive global team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, beliefs, and experiences. Employment decisions are made on the basis of job-related criteria without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Webflow will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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