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Lead Data Platform Engineer - AWS, Spark

Experian Ventures · Remote (US) · Remote

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About Experian Ventures

Experian Ventures powers global opportunities while creating new value with data and analytics. We look for firms who will deliver the solutions of tomorrow to simplify credit and lending, reduce complexity in specialized verticals, automate and secure...

About the role

Reporting into our Engineering Director, you will lead a technical team that supports innovation, learning and collaboration. Ensuring that the team follows the highest technical standards. You will work closely with the central Data Analytics Platform team, data owners, security, compliance, platform and delivery stakeholders to agree practical implementation approaches, align with established platform patterns, and ensure the team delivers secure, scalable and supportable solutions. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • AWS Developer Certification or other relevant AWS certification
  • Strong expertise in Terraform or CloudFormation
  • Experience with OpenShift or Kubernetes
  • Experience with automated testing tools such as pytest or Scalatest
  • Familiarity with code quality and security scanning tools such as SonarQube and Veracode
  • Knowledge of RESTful APIs and microservice architectures
More about this role

Role Overview

Experian Credit Services & Verifications are looking for a Lead Data Platform Engineer to provide hands-on technical leadership for a new fraud data capability that will connect fraud-related data assets into Experian's Data Analytics Platform.

Reporting into our Engineering Director, you will lead a technical team that supports innovation, learning and collaboration. Ensuring that the team follows the highest technical standards.

You will work closely with the central Data Analytics Platform team, data owners, security, compliance, platform and delivery stakeholders to agree practical implementation approaches, align with established platform patterns, and ensure the team delivers secure, scalable and supportable solutions.

This is a hands-on leadership role suited to someone who can combine strong data engineering depth with cloud platform experience, engineering discipline and team leadership. You will apply effective DevSecOps practices and contribute to technical roadmap discussions where there are shared or overlapping platform requirements, while working collaboratively with central platform teams where broader architectural ownership sits outside the local...

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