What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Platform Engineer position at haku?
As a key member of the Platform Engineering team, the Data Platform Engineer will be responsible for maintaining and elevating the reliability, performance, and scalability of our databases and data infrastructure. Working closely with DevOps, Security, and Analytics teams, this role ensures our data systems remain stable, efficient, and production-ready while supporting business growth and operational resilience.
The Data Platform Engineer will operate our database ecosystem as critical infrastructure — proactively improving performance, automating administrative processes, strengthening observability, and participating in on-call response for platform incidents.
If you are motivated by building stable, scalable database environments and enjoy automating complex systems to reduce operational risk, this could be the ideal role for you.
YOUR LIFE AT HAKU
Our state of the art, stunning offices overlooking Biscayne Bay in Miami are home to a diverse, thoughtful, and dynamic group of passionate professionals. We love solving challenges, fostering strong relationships with our customers, creating innovative technology, and winning together as a team - we think you'll love it too.
As a Team Member, You'll Be Eligible To Benefit From:
Database Reliability & Operations
5 years of experience in database administration, systems engineering, or infrastructure engineering
Strong hands-on experience managing production databases (PostgreSQL, Oracle, Snowflake, OpenSearch, Solr, or similar)
haku is an all-in-one technology platform for event management, registration, fundraising, marketing, and participant engagement. Purpose-built for endurance events and nonprofit organizations, haku removes the frustration of rigid systems, limited insights, and manual processes by bringing everything together in one integrated solution.
Our customers include some of the most recognized organizations in sports and philanthropy, such as the Marine Corps Marathon, the Philadelphia Eagles, the Bank of America Chicago Marathon, the Big Sur Marathon, Team in Training, the Colon Cancer Coalition, and many more.
We are proud to be a minority-owned business and an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and providing equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or veteran status. Our vision is to foster a work environment where everyone feels welcome and empowered to succeed.
To learn more about haku, visit www.hakuapp.com.
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The Data Platform Engineer will operate our database ecosystem as critical infrastructure — proactively improving performance, automating administrative processes, strengthening observability, and participating in on-call response for platform incidents.
If you are motivated by building stable, scalable database environments and enjoy automating complex systems to reduce operational risk, this could be the ideal role for you.
YOUR LIFE AT HAKU
Our state of the art, stunning offices overlooking Biscayne Bay in Miami are home to a diverse, thoughtful, and dynamic group of passionate professionals. We love solving challenges, fostering strong relationships with our customers, creating innovative technology, and winning together as a team - we think you'll love it too.
As a Team Member, You'll Be Eligible To Benefit From:
- Flexible PTO paid holidays
- Top-quality benefits package (Health, Dental, Vision, STD, LTD, and Life Insurance)
- 401k with employer matching (after 90 days)
- Hybrid work model
- Parental Leave: paid parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents (after 1 year)
- Professional Development Reimbursement (after 6 months)
- Monthly credit towards wellness activities (gym, meal plans, mental health costs)
- Free access to wellness subscriptions, mental health and financial planning platforms
- Discounted rates for pet insurance and voluntary life insurance and exclusive employee discounts through Perkspot
- Company-paid parking in the heart of Brickell
- State-of-the-art Apple computer and accessories
- Wellness activities, happy hours, and company-wide fun events
- Top-of-the-line office facilities, including an on-site gym and wellness center, fully stocked kitchen, and more
Database Reliability & Operations
- Administer and optimize production databases, including PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Solr, OpenSearch, Redis, and related systems
- Monitor database health, replication status, and performance metrics
- Proactively identify and remediate storage bloat, table fragmentation, and indexing inefficiencies
- Execute and validate backup and disaster recovery procedures
- Support and improve high-availability configurations
- Monitor and manage replication to Snowflake
- Assist with Fivetran configuration and ingestion reliability
- Troubleshoot replication lag, WAL growth, and data sync issues
- Partner with analytics teams to ensure schema changes are safe and performant
- Automate database provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
- Improve CI/CD workflows related to database changes and data platform configuration
- Reduce manual database processes through scripting and automation
- Contribute to shared platform engineering standards
- Build and maintain monitoring and alerting for database systems
- Participate in on-call rotations for platform reliability
- Lead troubleshooting efforts during database or data platform incidents
- Contribute to root cause analysis and long-term reliability improvements
- Partner with DevOps to ensure database infrastructure aligns with platform standards
- Support analytics teams without owning a dashboard or reporting logic
- Escalate identified risks related to performance, availability, or data integrity
- Has strong DBA roots but wants to evolve into platform engineering
- Understands that databases are production systems, not background utilities
- Wants to automate repetitive DBA tasks and modernize database operations
- Is comfortable working in a fast-moving engineering environment
- Enjoys stability engineering as much as performance tuning
5 years of experience in database administration, systems engineering, or infrastructure engineering
Strong hands-on experience managing production databases (PostgreSQL, Oracle, Snowflake, OpenSearch, Solr, or similar)
- Experience with database replication, clustering, performance tuning, and storage optimization
- Solid background in Linux system administration (Windows experience a plus)
- Experience managing backup strategies, recovery testing, and high-availability configurations
- Understanding of DevOps principles, CI/CD practices, and infrastructure automation
- Experience or familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred)
- Comfortable participating in on-call rotations and responding to production incidents
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, New Relic, etc.)
- Experience optimizing database storage (e.g., VACUUM, repacking tables, index management, partitioning strategies, etc.)
- Experience supporting data replication pipelines and third-party ingestion tools (e.g., Fivetran)
- Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS preferred)
- AWS Database Specialty or Solutions Architect
- Snowflake SnowPro Core
- Oracle OCP or PostgreSQL equivalent
- Terraform Associate
haku is an all-in-one technology platform for event management, registration, fundraising, marketing, and participant engagement. Purpose-built for endurance events and nonprofit organizations, haku removes the frustration of rigid systems, limited insights, and manual processes by bringing everything together in one integrated solution.
Our customers include some of the most recognized organizations in sports and philanthropy, such as the Marine Corps Marathon, the Philadelphia Eagles, the Bank of America Chicago Marathon, the Big Sur Marathon, Team in Training, the Colon Cancer Coalition, and many more.
We are proud to be a minority-owned business and an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and providing equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or veteran status. Our vision is to foster a work environment where everyone feels welcome and empowered to succeed.
To learn more about haku, visit www.hakuapp.com.
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