Staff Engineer - Data Platform

About the role

SpinQuest is looking for a Staff Engineer - Data Platform to join our team in the United States on a Remote basis. We are building a high growth platform that blends social gaming with innovative currency mechanics creating seamless, real-time experiences across games. We’re creating next-gen sweepstakes gaming experiences that are fast, fun, and highly scalable. As a Staff Engineer, Data Platform, you will serve as the technical leader for SpinQuest’s data foundations. You’ll design and evolve the systems that power real-time and batch data pipelines, canonical datasets, transactional systems, analytics, and compliance workflows. This is a hands-on senior individual contributor role with broad influence across engineering, product, analytics, security, and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the data platform architecture supporting real-time and batch workloads.
• Design and build scalable, reliable data pipelines for gameplay, payments, and analytics
• Define canonical datasets, data models, and golden paths for data consumption
• Ensure data correctness, auditability, and traceability in regulated environments
• Define SLAs, monitoring, and operational standards for data systems
• Serve as escalation point for complex data incidents
• Mentor senior engineers and influence architecture across teams
• Leverage AI tools to accelerate development, testing, analysis, and documentation

Requirements

• 8+ years building large-scale data systems in production environments
• Expertise in data platform architecture, pipelines, and distributed systems
• Strong SQL plus proficiency in Python, Java, or Scala
• Experience operating data platforms with SLAs, on-call rotation, and compliance requirements
• Hands-on experience with modern data platforms and large-scale data systems, including:
  • Workflow orchestration: Apache Airflow
  • Distributed processing: Apache Spark, Apache Flink
  • Streaming & messaging: Apache Kafka
  • Query & analytics engines: Trino, Apache Pinot
  • Data languages: SQL, Python, Scala, Java
• Cloud-native data platforms and distributed systems
• Operational tooling for monitoring, alerting, and data quality
• Applied use of AI/LLMs and agents for data analysis, incident response, and developer productivity

Nice to Have

• FinTech, gaming, payments, or regulated environment experience
• Real-time streaming, CDC, or event-driven architectures
• Experience stewarding canonical datasets and data governance
• Passion for gaming or entertainment platforms

Benefits

We believe great talent deserves great benefits. SpinQuest offers comprehensive Health, Dental, and Vision coverage for employees, spouses, and dependents. SpinQuest covers 100% of employee health insurance premiums, offers a 4% 401(k) match. It’s a strong total rewards package designed to support you both today and as you grow with the company.

Pay

$170,000 - $210,000 a year. Annual performance bonus: 10% –15%.