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ExtendSenior Data Platform Engineer, Enterprise Merchant Integrations
Extend is seeking a Senior Data Platform Engineer for its Enterprise Merchant Integrations team to help mature its merchant integration platform. Extend provides merchants with AI-driven…
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Extend is seeking a Senior Data Platform Engineer for its Enterprise Merchant Integrations team to help mature its merchant integration platform. Extend provides merchants with AI-driven post-purchase solutions, including automated customer service, returns management, fulfillment, and product protection combined with fraud detection. Operating from a downtown San Francisco headquarters, the company partners with over one thousand leading merchants across multiple industries. In this role, you will design mapping systems, build…
Job Description
Extend is seeking a Senior Data Platform Engineer for its Enterprise Merchant Integrations team to help mature its merchant integration platform. Extend provides merchants with AI-driven post-purchase solutions, including automated customer service, returns management, fulfillment, and product protection combined with fraud detection. Operating from a downtown San Francisco headquarters, the company partners with over one thousand leading merchants across multiple industries.
In this role, you will design mapping systems, build onboarding tooling, create merchant-facing error reporting, engineer data boundaries, expand event-driven architectures, and take end-to-end ownership of system reliability while mentoring peers. The position blends solutions, data, and platform engineering using an AWS serverless stack and event-driven tools. This opportunity suits an experienced data or platform engineer with a strong background in AWS serverless technologies, Python, TypeScript, and large-scale data integrations.
Responsibilities
- Design mapping and transformation systems to isolate merchant data uniqueness and build reusable platform capabilities.
- Develop tooling and standards to accelerate partner team onboarding and support merchant migrations.
- Build validation and processing error reporting frameworks for data providers and engineers.
- Implement data validation, reconciliation, and automated failure-triage to prevent silent data loss and provide alerting.
- Expand the event-driven production backbone utilizing Kafka, EventBridge, SNS, Step Functions, and SQS orchestration alongside lifecycle webhooks.
- Manage work from initial design through production, incorporating monitoring, observability, data-quality checks, and reconciliation.
- Establish integration standards and mentor team members by leading through example.
Requirements
- Possess four to six years of professional experience in Platform Engineering, Data Engineering, or a closely related domain.
- Bring deep practical experience with AWS serverless services including Lambda, DynamoDB, Glue, and Step Functions.
- Demonstrate hands-on proficiency with event-driven systems like Kafka, EventBridge, and SNS.
- Show fluency in both Python and TypeScript.
- Have experience hardening large-scale data platforms and external data boundaries.
- Demonstrate a history of building internal platforms and tooling designed for other engineers.
Qualifications
- Experience designing clear and actionable error surfaces or reporting intended for external or non-technical audiences.
Core Skills
Benefits
- Competitive annual salary ranging from $155,000 to $170,000.
- Full medical, dental, and vision health benefits.
- Stock options in a fast-growing startup.
- Generous and flexible paid time off policy.
- Participation in a 401(k) plan featuring financial guidance from Morgan Stanley.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the salary range for this role?
The target base salary range is between $155,000 and $170,000 per year, determined by factors such as job-related skills, knowledge, and experience.
What are the core technical requirements for the position?
Candidates must have four to six years of experience in data or platform engineering, deep AWS serverless knowledge including Lambda, DynamoDB, Glue, and Step Functions, event-driven systems experience, and fluency in Python and TypeScript.
Where is the position located and is remote work offered?
Extend is headquartered in downtown San Francisco, and the posting indicates that the position is on-site.
Does Extend offer immigration sponsorship?
No, Extend does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role.
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