Platform (Python) Engineer

About YipitData:

YipitData is the market-leading data and analytics firm. We analyze billions of data points every day to provide accurate, detailed insights across industries, including consumer brands, technology, software, and healthcare.

Our insights team uses proprietary technology to identify, license, clean, and analyze the data that many of the world’s largest investment funds and corporations depend on. We raised $475M from The Carlyle Group at a valuation over $1B, further accelerating our growth and market impact.

We have been recognized multiple times as one of Inc’s Best Workplaces. As a fast-growing company backed by The Carlyle Group and Norwest Venture Partners, YipitData is driven by a people-first culture rooted in mastery, ownership, and transparency.

With offices in New York, Austin, Miami, Denver, Mountain View, Seattle, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, and Singapore, we continue to expand our reach and impact across global markets.

Why You Should Apply NOW:

• As a Platform Engineer, you will create highly scalable systems and libraries that are used 24/7 by our customers and many engineering teams.
• You will be able to drive impact through strategic business opportunities by deploying solutions utilizing leading cloud, data, and ML software.
• You will monitor industry trends and standards to continuously integrate best practices within engineering teams and applications to scale their capabilities.

About The Role:

We are looking to hire a Platform Engineer to report to the Chief Architect at YipitData. This is a new function responsible for working across engineering teams to deploy reliable and scalable services that support our customer-facing digital platform. As a Platform Engineer, this individual will be researching cutting-edge technologies, prototyping solutions, and upgrading key components of data-intensive applications that are relied upon at the company. This is a full-stack role in a dynamic environment, working closely with the tech leads and product managers to deliver high-impact, greenfield projects that increase the leverage of other engineering teams. 

We expect East Coast working hours.

As Our Platform Engineer, You Will:

• Research technologies, analyze tradeoffs in potential implementations, and execute solutions that cross multiple engineering systems.
• Design, develop, and maintain reusable components and services that can be integrated into other production systems and engineering teams.
• Learn and utilize internal libraries and platforms to optimize the performance and capabilities of existing systems and data flows.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to drive the adoption of best practices within various application frameworks, data software, and cloud services. Tech stack includes Python, Django, Databricks (Spark), AWS, Airflow, and Docker.

You Are Likely To Succeed If You:

• Can work in a fast-paced, evolving environment and navigate multiple technologies and production services that vary from project to project.
• Have +2-4 years of proven experience with a strong background in software engineering, running systems with 24/7 uptime, and either interest or experience in data engineering/analytics.
• Have excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and a genuine passion for learning new technologies.
• Strong communication skills, responsiveness, and a team-oriented approach.
• Ability to create polished documentation and architecture diagrams to communicate technical topics to a wide audience.
• Familiarity with Python, Docker, AWS, REST APIs, and database technologies. (Spark, AWS, and Airflow knowledge are nice to have but not required)
  

What We Offer:

• 30 days PTO for any reason, including sick days (no specified limits)
• Flexible work schedule
• Personal laptop
• Health and wellness package
• Remote work

Candidates must have primary residency (and be physically located) in the country of hire (AKA Colombia) in order to be considered for the position. If hired, the worker must maintain primary residency in the country of hire in order to be eligible for employment.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer.