Senior Data Platform Engineer (Enterprise Systems)

Join Astranis, a rapidly growing satellite production company, as a Senior Data Platform Engineer. In this role, you will define, architect, and build our core data architecture, unified logging pipelines, and internal data tools. You will conduct hands-on customer discovery across various teams and establish clear architectural patterns across our data stack. This position offers an equity stake in the company, comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance, unlimited vacation days, and more.

• Defining, architecting, and building the core data architecture, unified logging pipelines, and internal data tools.
• Conducting hands-on customer discovery across hardware, software, and operational teams to gather requirements and build robust backend data tools and platforms.
• Building standardized data pipelines and modeling frameworks that integrate various data sources into unified analytical stores for cross-functional reporting.

• Deep database expertise in transactional, relational databases (PostgreSQL schema design, OLTP workflows) as well as columnar databases and analytical data warehouses (BigQuery, Snowflake)
• 5+ years of professional software/data engineering experience with a focus on data infrastructure, data platforms, or backend engineering
• Experience with modern data orchestration and modeling tools (e.g., dbt, Airflow, Prefect, Dagster)
• Strong proficiency with Python and solid software design fundamentals
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent technical experience
• Proven experience implementing RBAC, Data Governance, and Schema Evolution/Migration strategies in production environments
• U.S. Citizenship, Lawful Permanent Residency, or Refugee/Asylee Status Required
• (To comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the United States, or other protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3))
• Domain Tools & Integrations: Prior experience building data integrations around hardware, PLM, MES, or ERP platforms (Altium, Arena, First Resonance ION, NetSuite)
• Aerospace & Manufacturing: Background working in hardware-centric environments such as aerospace, automotive, robotics, or complex precision manufacturing
• APIs & Infrastructure: Experience designing, building, and maintaining robust APIs (RESTful, gRPC) and cloud infrastructure (Docker, Kubernetes/GKE, GCP)