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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Data Platform Engineer - **Company:** Rivo Holdings, LLC - **Location:** San Diego, CA, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $160,000.0 - $220,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Legacy Database, Data Analysis, Data Architecture, Information Engineering, Data Governance, Data Infrastructure, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Retention, Data Structures, Data Systems, Data Warehousing, Dimensional Modeling, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Performance Tuning, Query Optimization, Cloud Services, Azure Data Lake, SQL Databases, Data Processing, Data Classification, Snowflake, Indexer, Microsoft Fabric, Data Lakes, Low Latency, Star Schema, Real Time Data, Machine Learning Operations, Data Pipelines, Databricks - **Published:** August 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=30d873fbb78ff247 ## About the Role Must Have Qualifications * Data Platform & Architecture Expertise: 8+ years in Data Warehousing or Data Platform Engineering, including enterprise-scale data warehouses, lakehouses, analytics platforms, dimensional modeling (Star Schema, Snowflake Schema, Fact Tables and Dimension Tables) * Analytics, Machine Learning & Data Science Platforms: Experience supporting both analytics and data science workloads, including low-latency and near real-time data environments and ML pipelines. * Modern Data Architecture: Experience designing and implementing modern Data Warehouse or Data Lake, along with data governance and data classification. * Cloud Data Platforms: Experience designing and implementing solutions using Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, Snowflake, Azure Data Lake Storage, or similar modern cloud data technologies. * Data Engineering, Integration & SQL: Experience building ETL/ELT pipelines, CDC and incremental processing strategies, enterprise-scale SQL and Python solutions, query optimization, performance tuning, partitioning, indexing, data reconciliation, and recovery processes. ## Description RIVO is seeking an experienced Senior Data Platform Engineer to help architect and build the modern data platform that will power our next phase of growth. We're looking for a builder. Someone who can assess where we are today, define where we need to be tomorrow, and help lead the journey. As our first in-house Senior Data Platform Engineer, you'll design the foundation for analytics, machine learning, and near real-time data processing while helping shape the architecture, technologies, and engineering standards that support our long-term vision. Success in this role requires understanding the differences between platforms built for reporting and business intelligence versus those designed to support data science and machine learning workloads. As both a strategic architect and hands-on engineer, you'll play a key role in transforming a legacy database and data structure into a scalable, modern platform built for the future. If you're energized by ownership, attracted to complex challenges, and motivated by the opportunity to build something lasting, we'd love to hear from you!, * Design and implement a modern enterprise data warehouse, lakehouse, or hybrid data platform architecture. * Develop the target-state architecture for analytics, reporting, and data science. * Establish the foundational architecture needed to support future scalability, low-latency performance, and real-time data availability. * Modernize legacy ETL-driven warehouse processes. * Define ingestion, transformation, storage, and consumption layers across the platform. Data Engineering & Platform Development * Design and implement CDC-based ingestion and incremental data processing strategies. * Build low-latency ETL/ELT pipelines supporting near real-time data availability. * Design scalable semantic layers and consumption models across the platform. * Establish data quality, testing, monitoring, and observability frameworks. Data Warehouse & Analytics * Design a scalable data warehouse to support real-time enterprise reporting and analytics * Develop data structures that balance the needs of business intelligence, analytics, and data science. * Implement historical data retention and governance strategies. * Enable trusted, self-service data consumption across the organization. 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