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Senior Data Platform Engineer

Build and evolve Medium's data infrastructure to power personalized recommendations

As a Senior Data Platform Engineer at Medium, you will own the reliability, performance, and long-term architecture of the data infrastructure that powers Medium’s business. This includes building and evolving systems for data ingestion, transformation, orchestration, and observability. Your work ensures that data scientists and engineers can deliver personalized recommendations, up-to-date writer stats, frictionless subscription payments, and...

Why This Role?

Own the reliability and architecture of systems that power Medium’s core user experiences

Key Responsibilities

  • Own the reliability and performance of data ingestion and transformation systems
  • Evolve the long-term architecture of data orchestration and observability platforms
  • Ensure data infrastructure supports personalized recommendations and writer stats
  • Maintain systems that enable frictionless subscription payments
  • Support data delivery for targeted content distribution to readers and writers

Requirements

  • Experience building and evolving data infrastructure systems
  • Expertise in data ingestion, transformation, orchestration, and observability
  • Background in ensuring reliability and performance of data platforms
  • Familiarity with systems supporting personalized recommendations and analytics
  • Experience with data platforms that power business-critical user features

Required Skills

data engineeringdata architecturedata orchestrationdata observabilitydata transformationETL/ELTObservabilityData ModelingInfrastructure Architecture

Indonesia Context

Working Hours Overlap:
Flexible — work your own hours
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View Original Description from NoDesk

Original description from NoDesk

About Medium Medium is one of the world's most influential writing platforms, connecting millions of readers with ideas that matter. We're a small, dedicated team that cares deeply about craft, curiosity, and building something that lasts. We make decisions efficiently and iterate fast, think carefully, and take the work seriously - without taking ourselves too seriously. About the Role We're looking for a Senior Engineer to play a key role in Medium's Data Platform team, building and evolving the data infrastructure that powers Medium’s business. As a member of the data platform team, you'll own the reliability, performance, and long-term architecture of the systems that data scientists and engineers at Medium depend on every day—everything from ingestion and transformation to orchestration and observability. The work you do will ensure that readers and writers on Medium can receive personalized recommendations, view up-to-date writer stats, make subscription payments without friction, and reach the right readers with each post.

Salary Context

Similar Engineering roles on LokerDollar pay around $195k/yr (range $36k–300k/yr, n=223 active listings).

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Company
Medium
Source
NoDesk
Job Type
full time
Location
Remote · San Francisco, USA
Category
Seniority
senior
PostedNewNew & verified
Aug 14, 2026

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