Senior Lead Software Engineer - Data Platform

Who You Are You are passionate about building platforms for the long term and can balance technical quality, engineering velocity, and business impact across multiple teams. You have 12+ years of software engineering experience and deep knowledge of distributed systems, data platform architecture, and large-scale analytical processing. You bring deep expertise in one or more core Data Platform problem spaces such as lakehouse architecture, data ingestion and transformation, distributed compute, data warehousing, platform reliability, or developer-facing data infrastructure, while maintaining strong system-level thinking across interconnected areas. You have independently led large, ambiguous, multi-quarter programs and have a track record of making clear architectural calls, breaking through technical obstacles, and leading teams through critical operational moments. You have strong hands-on experience with the kinds of systems this role touches, including Iceberg-based storage, Spark or EMR-based compute, Airflow-based orchestration, Python-based data platform tooling, modeled data systems, and AWS-hosted infrastructure. You understand how to build and operate trustworthy data platforms, including schema evolution, materialization patterns, observability, backfills, repairs, audits, access controls, and cost-aware platform operations. You are highly effective at driving outcomes through influence and technical leadership rather than direct authority, and you communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical partners. You are passionate about mentoring other engineers and creating the patterns, guidance, and opportunities that help senior engineers and leads grow. You enjoy improving how systems and teams work, whether through better architecture, tooling, workflows, or operating practices.

Nice to Have Experience with custom built databases and CDM-style modeled data layers, especially transforming landing data into durable, queryable business entities. Experience building or extending managed table frameworks such as Materialized Views and related operational tooling. Experience with data governance, ownership, discoverability, residency, or regulated-data programs such as GDPR or HIPAA. Experience building platform automation for backfills, repairs, optimization, autoscaling, and agentic support for engineers operating complex data systems. Technologies We Use Core technologies and platform components used by the Data Lake team include: Iceberg S3 tables for the foundational storage layer. Spark / EMR for large-scale analytical compute. Airflow for orchestration, scheduling, and workflow tracking. Materialized Views and Python-based platform frameworks for managed Iceberg tables and related data tooling. Landing-table loaders and CDM tables for ingestion and modeled data transformations that support KDB. Audit and operational automation for maintenance, observability, backfills, repairs, optimization, autoscaling, and access controls. AWS-hosted infrastructure supporting the lakehouse platform and its surrounding systems. Massachusetts Applicants: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability. Our salary range reflects the cost of labor across various U.S. geographic markets. The range displayed below reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all our US locations. The base salary offered for this position is determined by several factors, including the applicant’s job-related skills, relevant experience, education or training, and work location. In addition to base salary, our total

compensation package may include participation in the company’s annual cash

bonus plan, variable

compensation (OTE) for sales and customer success roles, equity, sign-on payments, and a comprehensive range of health, welfare, and wellbeing

benefits based on eligibility. Your recruiter can provide more details about the specific salary/OTE range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Base Pay Range For US Locations: $216,000 — $324,000 USD This role may require up to 10% travel for purposes such as new hire onboarding, client or partner work if applicable, team meetings, and industry events. Travel is coordinated in advance. Get to Know Klaviyo We’re Klaviyo (pronounced clay-vee-oh). We empower creators to own their destiny by making first-party data accessible and actionable like never before. We see limitless potential for the technology we’re developing to nurture personalized experiences in ecommerce and beyond. To reach our goals, we need our own crew of remarkable creators—ambitious and collaborative teammates who stay focused on our north star: delighting our customers. If you’re ready to do the best work of your career, where you’ll be welcomed as your whole self from day one and supported with generous

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