Platform Engineer (Python, Prefect, AWS, Snowflake)

Please check with the candidate whether they have ever built her own data model and deployed it in Kubernetes.

Overview

We are looking for an experienced, hands-on Platform Engineer to help design, build and productionize a workflow orchestration platform that underpins our marketing operations.

This role is focused on building reliable, scalable software rather than providing architectural advice. You will work alongside data engineers, frontend developers and cloud engineers to deliver a production-grade orchestration engine that coordinates campaign execution across multiple systems.

Our platform is built using Python, Prefect, AWS and Snowflake, integrating with custom frontend applications, middleware services and internal APIs. We are looking for someone who enjoys solving complex engineering problems, building robust systems and taking ownership of production environments.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Platform Engineer, you will:

• Design, develop and maintain workflow orchestration using Python and Prefect
• Build reliable, scalable and observable data workflows
• Integrate with Snowflake, REST APIs, middleware, and internal applications
• Design deployment pipelines and release processes across multiple environments
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting for production workloads
• Design retry strategies, recovery mechanisms, and rerun processes for failed workflows
• Implement secure configuration, authentication, and secrets management
• Work closely with Data Engineers, Frontend Developers, and Cloud Engineers to deliver end-to-end solutions
• Produce operational documentation, deployment guides, and runbooks
• Support production releases and troubleshoot issues when required
• Contribute to engineering standards, code quality and platform best practices

 Technical Environment

•        Our current technology stack includes:

•        Python

•        Prefect

•        AWS

•        Snowflake

•        SQL

•        Git

•        CI/CD pipelines

•        REST APIs

•        Marketing Ops Transformation | External Resource JD Package

•        Cloud monitoring and logging tools

Essential Skills & Experience

We''re looking for someone who has:

•        Strong commercial experience developing applications in Python

•        Experience building and supporting production workflow orchestration platforms

•        Hands-on experience with Prefect or a comparable orchestration framework

•        Infrastructure as Code (Terraform is preferable)

•        Strong SQL skills and experience working with Snowflake or another modern cloud data warehouse

•        Experience deploying and operating applications in AWS

•        Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines

•        Strong understanding of monitoring, logging and observability

•        Experience troubleshooting production systems and data pipelines

•        Experience integrating applications through APIs and distributed services

•        Strong software engineering practices, including testing, version control and code reviews

•        A practical approach to security, including secrets management, least-privilege access and environment separation