

Red Oak Technologies
Senior Data Engineer
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This role is for a Senior Data Engineer in Cupertino, CA, with a 12-month contract. Pay rate is competitive. Requires 13+ years of data engineering experience, strong CI/CD and Spark expertise, Python proficiency, and distributed systems knowledge. Hybrid work model.
π - Country
United States
π± - Currency
$ USD
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π° - Day rate
Unknown
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ποΈ - Date
July 8, 2026
π - Duration
More than 6 months
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ποΈ - Location
Hybrid
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π - Contract
Unknown
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π - Security
Unknown
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π - Location detailed
Cupertino, CA
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π§ - Skills detailed
#Schema Design #Prometheus #Scala #HDFS (Hadoop Distributed File System) #Spark (Apache Spark) #Data Engineering #Grafana #Observability #Kubernetes #Trino #Python #Docker #Airflow #Data Science
Role description
βNOTE: If selected for this position, you are required to perform ALL work onsite, based on the clientβs specified hybrid work schedule (currently onsite 3 days a week: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday).β
Title: Sr Data Platform Enginee
rLocation: Cupertino, C
ADuration: 12 months + possible ext
Local candidates highly preferred
We are looking for a candidate for the Platform Engineering team to partner with engineers across the team to run and evolve our data platform operations, and work closely with Data Scientists - providing support and establishing processes to keep things running smoothl
y.
What we're looking f
or:
Looking for someone with overall 13 or more years of hands on technical expertise with excellent communication skills to also guide other engineers when needed. Our client is looking for someone high mid level or senior. When it comes to Spark, Python, distributed file systems, the knowledge must be extens
ive.
Qualifications Nee
ded :Overall 13+ years of Data Engineering experience along with below sk
β’ ills:Strong CI/CD pipeline expe
β’ rtise4+ years - Spark infrastructure experience (we run a lot of Spark
β’ jobs)4+ years- Python, extensive know
β’ ledgeVery important ! - Distributed systems backg
β’ roundKubernetes resource manag
β’ ementAuthentication & data gover
β’ nanceFamiliarity with file compaction and maintenance on HDFS / object s
β’ toresSolid grasp of data engineering fundamentals β partitioning, schema design, type safety, and table formats like Iceberg /
β’ HiveObservability & on-call experience β Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, ale
β’ rtingStrong team player with cross-functional collaboration s
kills
Tech stack: Python, Airflow, Kubernetes (on-prem), Docker, Trino/P
resto.Scala experience a
plus.
βNOTE: If selected for this position, you are required to perform ALL work onsite, based on the clientβs specified hybrid work schedule (currently onsite 3 days a week: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday).β
Title: Sr Data Platform Enginee
rLocation: Cupertino, C
ADuration: 12 months + possible ext
Local candidates highly preferred
We are looking for a candidate for the Platform Engineering team to partner with engineers across the team to run and evolve our data platform operations, and work closely with Data Scientists - providing support and establishing processes to keep things running smoothl
y.
What we're looking f
or:
Looking for someone with overall 13 or more years of hands on technical expertise with excellent communication skills to also guide other engineers when needed. Our client is looking for someone high mid level or senior. When it comes to Spark, Python, distributed file systems, the knowledge must be extens
ive.
Qualifications Nee
ded :Overall 13+ years of Data Engineering experience along with below sk
β’ ills:Strong CI/CD pipeline expe
β’ rtise4+ years - Spark infrastructure experience (we run a lot of Spark
β’ jobs)4+ years- Python, extensive know
β’ ledgeVery important ! - Distributed systems backg
β’ roundKubernetes resource manag
β’ ementAuthentication & data gover
β’ nanceFamiliarity with file compaction and maintenance on HDFS / object s
β’ toresSolid grasp of data engineering fundamentals β partitioning, schema design, type safety, and table formats like Iceberg /
β’ HiveObservability & on-call experience β Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, ale
β’ rtingStrong team player with cross-functional collaboration s
kills
Tech stack: Python, Airflow, Kubernetes (on-prem), Docker, Trino/P
resto.Scala experience a
plus.






