Senior Data Platform Engineer - Starburst Software Engineer
Company: Ad Hoc
Location: San Diego
Posted on: January 15, 2026
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Job Description:
Our collaborations have shaped some of the defining moments in
public-sector service delivery. We’ve helped build products that
connect Veterans to tailored services, help millions access
affordable health care, and support important programs like Head
Start. As we work with agencies to deliver critical services, we’re
also changing how the government approaches technology. Our
culture, communications, and tools are built for remote work,
enabling us to bring together top talent nationwide. At Ad Hoc,
remote life empowers our teams to design work environments that fit
their lives and that foster flexibility and collaboration to
achieve positive outcomes for our customers. Ad Hoc values
acceptance, accountability, and humility. We aren’t heroes. We
learn from our mistakes and improve the process for the next time.
We build small, inclusive teams to collaborate closely with our
partners to solve the right problems and deliver software that
works. The Veterans Affairs business unit helps transform the VA
into a modern digital services organization where Veteran outcomes
are at the center of every effort. We partner with the VA to design
and deliver seamless user experiences for Veterans, their families
and caregivers, and VA employees. By applying better practices in
service design, product management, and technology, we enable the
VA to increase the use, quality, and reliability of services and
decrease the time Veterans spend waiting for outcomes. Primary
Responsibilities: Senior Data Engineer - Starburst Software
Engineer serves as an experienced individual contributor within a
team, with the expectation that you will further develop your
leadership, guidance and mentoring skills. With minimal oversight
from leadership, you will be responsible for supporting the goal of
meeting scope, schedule and delivery requirements. A Senior Data
Engineer- Starburst Software Engineer impacts the long-term goals
of the program, while contributing to the development of the
program’s data strategy. You may serve as the disciplines primary
lead when working with stakeholders and utilize strong influential
skills to drive improvements in data processes and practices. The
Starburst Software Engineer builds scalable, high-performance data
infrastructure and user-facing features that power Starburst Galaxy
and the Starburst Enterprise Platform (SEP). Primary expectations
of a Senior Data Engineer - Starburst Software Engineer include: •
Design, develop, and maintain backend services, and APIs for
Starbursts data platform • Build features related to identity and
access management (IAM), data governance, and query optimization •
Collaborate with UX, product, and security teams to deliver
intuitive and secure user experiences • Contribute to CI/CD
pipelines, observability tools, and platform reliability •
Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and
cross-functional planning • Support production systems and
troubleshoot performance issues in distributed environments •
Strong influential skills to propose and evaluate multiple
approaches to technical and process problems • Serves as a mentor
to individuals within the team • May leads small, less critical, or
temporary team structures and projects • Presents design documents,
system diagrams, etc. to clients, stakeholders, partners, and other
engineers • Fully understands and consistently implements data
engineering best practices • Generates data architecture
recommendations and demonstrates the ability to implement them •
Diagnoses and effectively resolves issues with the systems they
own, using incidents to inform educational opportunities and system
improvements • Actively mentors and assists more junior engineers
in the development of their skills • Effectively communicates
technical issues and developments with team members and clients •
Participates in technical interviews with new candidates Basic
Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree in computer science,
information technology, or a related field, and 8 years of
experience • Familiarity with Azure cloud services and DevOps
practices • Prior experience building distributed systems or
working with cloud-native architectures • Familiarity with
authentication and authorization frameworks • Experience with CI/CD
tools, containerization and infrastructure automation •
Understanding of data platforms • Excellent time management and
organizational skills • Adaptability and openness to new ideas •
Commitment to professional growth and learning • Expertise in key
data concepts including constructing databases, processing big
data, improving data accuracy, etc. Preferred Qualifications: •
Experience with Java & Typescript
Keywords: Ad Hoc, San Clemente , Senior Data Platform Engineer - Starburst Software Engineer, IT / Software / Systems , San Diego, California
