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Data Platform Engineer officer

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

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Design, build, and run core services and reusable components for the open-architecture data platform, enabling scalable ingestion, metadata-driven processing, governance, and reliable multi-engine data consumption.

  • Design and build backend services and shared libraries that provide platform capabilities, including:

  • Implement platform security controls including role-based access control, authentication, and integration with enterprise entitlements

  • Build and maintain platform observability (logging, metrics, traces), alerting, and operational dashboards in support of SLAs

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Design, build, and run core services and reusable components for the open-architecture data platform, enabling scalable ingestion, metadata-driven processing, governance, and reliable multi-engine data consumption. Partner with Platform Engineering and Data Engineering teams to provide secure, observable, production-grade capabilities that support Core Reference, IBOR, and Stamford data initiatives.
Key Responsibilities Design and build backend services and shared libraries that provide platform capabilities, including: Streaming & batch ingestion frameworks
Engineer reusable platform components aligned with open formats (Iceberg, Parquet), catalog systems (Polaris, Horizon, Unity Catalog), and query engines (Spark, Trino) Implement platform security controls including role-based access control, authentication, and integration with enterprise entitlements Build and maintain platform observability (logging, metrics, traces), alerting, and operational dashboards in support of SLAs
Implement platform security controls including role-based access control, authentication, and integration with enterprise entitlements Build and maintain platform observability (logging, metrics, traces), alerting, and operational dashboards in support of SLAs Collaborate with architects to define scalable, extensible designs and ensure adherence to open standards

What you’ll bring

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Core experience

  • Hands-on experience with Snowflake and Databricks as data platforms
  • Strong understanding of SQL optimization, execution, and large-scale analytics
  • Deep understanding of distributed computing and hyperscale
  • Familiarity with data catalogs (any of Polaris, Horizon, Unity) and metadata management
  • Understanding of data modeling and data product design
  • Experience with CI/CD, containers, and Kubernetes

Preferred experience

  • Deep understanding and working knowledge of open table formats such as Apache Iceberg are preferred
  • Experience building production-grade services in cloud environments; AWS,GCP and/or Azure is preferred
  • Familiarity with streaming pipelines and Kafka is preferred
Qualification wording
Hands-on experience with Snowflake and Databricks as data platforms
Strong understanding of SQL optimization, execution, and large-scale analytics
Deep understanding of distributed computing and hyperscale
Familiarity with data catalogs (any of Polaris, Horizon, Unity) and metadata management
Understanding of data modeling and data product design
Experience with CI/CD, containers, and Kubernetes
Deep understanding and working knowledge of open table formats such as Apache Iceberg are preferred
Experience building production-grade services in cloud environments; AWS,GCP and/or Azure is preferred
Familiarity with streaming pipelines and Kafka is preferred

Tools in this posting

  • SQL
  • Python
  • Java
  • Rust
  • Spark
  • AWS
  • Google Cloud (GCP)
  • Snowflake
  • Azure
  • Kafka
  • Databricks
  • Kubernetes
  • Iceberg
  • Trino
Source — Tool mentions in context
- Hands-on experience with Snowflake and Databricks as data platforms - Strong understanding of SQL optimization, execution, and large-scale analytics - Deep understanding and working knowledge of open table formats such as Apache Iceberg are preferred
Qualifications - Strong programming skills in Python and Java; knowledge of Rust is a bonus - Strong programming skills in Spark, with hands-on knowledge of optimization and debugging
- Transformation engine and MDM engine - Engineer reusable platform components aligned with open formats (Iceberg, Parquet), catalog systems (Polaris, Horizon, Unity Catalog), and query engines (Spark, Trino) - Implement platform security controls including role-based access control, authentication, and integration with enterprise entitlements
- Deep understanding of distributed computing and hyperscale - Experience building production-grade services in cloud environments; AWS,GCP and/or Azure is preferred - Familiarity with data catalogs (any of Polaris, Horizon, Unity) and metadata management
- Strong programming skills in Spark, with hands-on knowledge of optimization and debugging - Hands-on experience with Snowflake and Databricks as data platforms - Strong understanding of SQL optimization, execution, and large-scale analytics
- Familiarity with data catalogs (any of Polaris, Horizon, Unity) and metadata management - Familiarity with streaming pipelines and Kafka is preferred - Understanding of data modeling and data product design
- Understanding of data modeling and data product design - Experience with CI/CD, containers, and Kubernetes - Financial/data platform background preferred but not required
- Strong understanding of SQL optimization, execution, and large-scale analytics - Deep understanding and working knowledge of open table formats such as Apache Iceberg are preferred - Deep understanding of distributed computing and hyperscale

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Role Summary  

Design, build, and run core services and reusable components for the open-architecture data platform, enabling scalable ingestion, metadata-driven processing, governance, and reliable multi-engine data consumption. Partner with Platform Engineering and Data Engineering teams to provide secure, observable, production-grade capabilities that support Core Reference, IBOR, and Stamford data initiatives.  

Key Responsibilities  

  • Design and build backend services and shared libraries that provide platform capabilities, including:  

  • Streaming & batch ingestion frameworks  

  • Metadata-driven pipelines  

  • API and consumption layer integrations  

  • Transformation engine and MDM engine  

  • Engineer reusable platform components aligned with open formats (Iceberg, Parquet), catalog systems (Polaris, Horizon, Unity Catalog), and query engines (Spark, Trino)  

  • Implement platform security controls including role-based access control, authentication, and integration with enterprise entitlements  

  • Build and maintain platform observability (logging, metrics, traces), alerting, and operational dashboards in support of SLAs  

  • Collaborate with architects to define scalable, extensible designs and ensure adherence to open standards  

  • Drive engineering excellence through code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD, and production readiness practices  

  • Ensure platform services meet enterprise security and compliance requirements (SCC, governance)  

  • Participate in on-call / major incident management and troubleshoot production issues to maintain platform stability  

Qualifications  

  • Strong programming skills in Python and Java; knowledge of Rust is a bonus  

  • Strong programming skills in Spark, with hands-on knowledge of optimization and debugging  

  • Hands-on experience with Snowflake and Databricks as data platforms  

  • Strong understanding of SQL optimization, execution, and large-scale analytics  

  • Deep understanding and working knowledge of open table formats such as Apache Iceberg are preferred  

  • Deep understanding of distributed computing and hyperscale  

  • Experience building production-grade services in cloud environments; AWS,GCP and/or Azure is preferred  

  • Familiarity with data catalogs (any of Polaris, Horizon, Unity) and metadata management  

  • Familiarity with streaming pipelines and Kafka is preferred  

  • Understanding of data modeling and data product design  

  • Experience with CI/CD, containers, and Kubernetes  

  • Financial/data platform background preferred but not required  

About State Street

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