# Staff Software Engineer, Data Platform

Hiring organization: [SentiLink](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/sentilink)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/3b3f4c7c-2f82-4d1c-8af7-02bf6f046b6c

Listed on SentiLink's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Seniority: Lead / Staff / Principal
- Location: United States
- Remote: yes
- Salary: 220000 – 260000 USD per year

## Summary

A Staff-level role designing and evolving the data infrastructure that powers SentiLink's fraud detection platform. You'll architect large-scale data pipelines, mentor engineers, and drive technical direction across teams at a fast-growing fintech company.

_Our summary, not SentiLink's wording._

## Skills named

Amazon Elastic MapReduce (EMR), Amazon Redshift, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Apache Flink, Apache Hadoop, Apache Kafka, AWS Lambda, CI/CD, Docker, Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, Python, SPARK

## Required

- 10+ years in software or data engineering with ownership of large-scale distributed systems
- Expert proficiency in Python or Golang
- Extensive experience designing and operating large-scale ETL/ELT and streaming data platforms using Spark, Kafka, Flink, Hadoop, or similar
- Strong experience designing scalable distributed systems in AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Deep expertise across multiple data storage technologies including relational databases, search platforms, columnar stores, and data lake architectures
- Experience designing highly available containerized services on Kubernetes or similar
- Strong understanding of Infrastructure-as-Code, CI/CD, observability, and DevOps practices
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives across multiple engineering teams
- Proven ability to make architectural decisions balancing scalability, reliability, maintainability, and developer productivity
- Strong communication and cross-team influence skills
- Ability to drive complex initiatives independently in ambiguous environments

## Nice to have

- Experience with AWS technologies like EKS, SQS/SNS, EMR, Redshift, S3, Lambda, and Glue
- Experience designing data platforms supporting machine learning or AI workloads
- Prior experience at high-growth infrastructure, fintech, or data-intensive technology companies

Apply on SentiLink's site: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/sentilink/9bc3de0b-1638-4310-8df1-2dd965f0bdf4/application