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# Senior Data Platform Engineer

- **Company:** CAREFREE DESIGNS
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Airflow, Data Infrastructure, Data Warehousing, Github, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Performance Tuning, Salesforce.Com, SQL Databases, Systems Integration, Tableau (Software), Snowflake, Data Strategy, Git, Core Data, Terraform, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** June 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=6d945c3d8b448094

## About the Role

Do you have experience in SQL?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, * A bachelor's degree or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

 * At least 4 years of experience in SQL and at least 2 years in Python or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
 * Experience with Git and building CI/CD pipelines (ex. GitHub Actions)

It would be great if you have:

 * Healthcare experience
 * Experience with Snowflake and/or Dagster

## Description

As a Senior Data Platform Engineer at Texicare, you'll help build and evolve the foundation that powers data across the organization. You'll architect and operate the core data platform, designing scalable data pipelines, optimizing our Snowflake environment, and developing reliable infrastructure that enables trusted data for analytics, operations, and business decision-making. Using a modern data stack-including Snowflake, Dagster, Coalesce, Tableau, Terraform, GitHub, and integrations with platforms such as Salesforce and Optum Stepwise-you'll solve complex engineering challenges while ensuring our platform remains secure, resilient, and compliant in a highly regulated healthcare environment.

This is a hands-on senior engineering role for someone who enjoys building platforms that others depend on. You'll partner closely with engineers, analysts, product teams, and business stakeholders to improve data reliability, performance, and governance while influencing the technical direction of our platform. Beyond delivering solutions, you'll mentor teammates, share best practices, and help foster a culture of engineering excellence. If you're energized by solving difficult technical problems, taking ownership of critical infrastructure, and making a meaningful impact on a growing organization, you'll thrive on Texicare's Data Platform team.

Essential Job Functions

In this role, you will be responsible for:

 * Architect and evolve core data platform components to be robust, scalable, and maintainable.
 * Design and deliver secure, high-performing end-to-end data workﬂows in partnership with technical and business teams.
 * Build and operate data pipelines and orchestration workﬂows, ensuring reliable scheduling, lineage, quality, and recoverability.
 * Own platform infrastructure with a focus on uptime, repeatability, and operational excellence.
 * Lead Snowﬂake operations including conﬁguration, performance tuning, cost optimization, and scalable data modeling patterns.
 * Integrate diverse sources to enable a uniﬁed, governed data strategy across the organization.
 * Drive reliability and security through monitoring/alerting, incident troubleshooting, IAM controls, encryption, and healthcare compliance alignment (e.g., HIPAA), while mentoring others on best practices and documentation.
 * Develop and host training/demos for business and technical users on how to interact with relevant parts of the data platform


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