Staff Data Science Engineer, Data Operations

Description

• Own the creation of and performance of Data Pipeline SLOs.
• Create and enforce data access controls, masking policies, and encryption standards (at rest and in transit).
• Build, monitor, and maintain CI/CD pipelines and orchestration tools to ensure timely and accurate data delivery.
• Partner with data engineers, data science engineers, data scientists, and analysts to improve platform usability and self-service capabilities.
• Document and evangelize best practices for data access, job orchestration, and environment management.
• Manage service accounts, roles, and permissions across Snowflake, dbt, and BI tools.
• Own the design, build, and maintenance of AppFolio’s Business Data Platform’s observability and testing solutions that identify reliability, scalability, or data quality issues and strive to continuously improve the platform.
• Drive automation of routine operations (e.g., environment provisioning, credential rotation, usage monitoring).
• Implement and manage infrastructure-as-code for data platform components.
• Maintain lineage and metadata documentation across key data domains.
• Partner with InfoSec and Compliance to ensure auditability and privacy frameworks are implemented and upheld across the Business Data Platform.

Requirements

• Experience with cloud data warehouse technology, such as Snowflake, including data security and governance
• 6+ years in DataOps, Data Platform Engineering, DevOps, or related roles within modern cloud data environments.
• Advanced proficiency with Airflow
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, codespaces, and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform etc.).
• Familiarity with security standards and practices for data (IAM, encryption, audit logging).
• Familiar with Snowflake RBAC
• Proficiency in data engineering tools and technologies - SQL, Python, Airflow, Mulesoft, Linux scripting, and dbt
• Experience with building self-serve processes
• Strong Experience with cloud technology, especially AWS tech stack (s3, ec2, eks), Docker and Kubernetes

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance